“My commitment has no deadline”

“I came to win and to lead. Otherwise I would not have come. We are going to try until the last breath, we are going to work on it every day and we will succeed if we make a commitment. And my commitment has no expiration date. does not have”. So argued the only candidate for the PP presidency. Alberto Nunez Feijo that his party has given him the time he deserves to win a general election. The Galician leader inherits the organization in palliative care, due to the bloodshed of the war between Pablo Casado and Isabel Diaz Ayuso, whose leader will not be in Congress and who has just formed a coalition with Vox. Many conditioning factors should be clear about your options for the first time, in 2023.

This was stated in the presentation of his candidacy before the PP XX National Congress. And perhaps that is why he recalled earlier that a month and a half ago he decided to “offer the best for his country and party” in the face of the volatile situation that followed the internal confrontation. “I am in the last quarter of my political life. I do not aspire to more. I have no other personal ambition other than to serve my country and my party. “We have a chance to come back and convince the Spaniards,” he said.

Fayo submitted his proposal to the CEN National Executive Committee this Friday). That is, the names of the body that receives, controls and confirms on a daily basis, which the president holds in the nearest circle of the governing committee and whose members are expected to meet on Sunday, according to sources close to the Galician leader.

CEN features new Secretary General Kuka Gamara and General Coordinator Elias Bendodo, a well-known name this Friday. Thus, Feio shares organic control with the current Speaker of Parliament, who will continue to challenge Pedro Sanchez in Congress, and the right-hand man of Andalusian President, Juan Manuel Moreno. The decision, which is not unprecedented in the PP, but new because it was previously made with the ruling party, has prompted a third backing for the president and secretary general.

Now this situation does not exist. Feijo will have no management responsibilities or presence in Congress, possibly in the Senate. And Bendodo will, in fact, focus on Andalusia’s inevitable campaign, as he said his appointment has become public. Advisor to the President and President of the Moreno Election Committee is one of the main players in the Autonomous Community, whose election, which is due to take place by the end of the year, will be the first popular test for the new Feijóo PP.

And precedents are not crucial. It went very well in Madrid. In Castile and Leon, less. There was a catastrophe in Catalonia. With the rise of the Vox and the free fall of the Ciudadanos, there is a real fear of a resumption of negotiations with the far right, such as that initiated by Alfonso Fernando Manieko.

Feio will also have Jose Antonio Monago at the head of the Rights and Guarantees Committee. The extremist man, who just two months ago walked out of politics and is halfway through, is recovering his pulse, though it is unclear if his new position will allow him to agree with the president of the regional PP. Update should be done immediately. Finally, the Galician puts his own one at the head of the election committee: A. Coruna PP President, Diego Calvo.

Other names Executive They are unknown. Some may be among the 35 who were nominated to Congress as members of CEN. Among them are Madrid Mayor Jose Luis Martinez Almeida, Ayusha’s spokesman Alfonso Serrano; President of the Diputación de Ourense, his rival Manuel Baltar; Or Anna Beltran, the current president of the Navarre PP, who can also give hints about her future beyond regional leadership.

Fayo sent several internal messages to PP, who inherited it. “I do not believe in Adams, leaders or saviors,” he said. “Common labor, collective strength and party unity” is his creed, he added. “Other parties are divided and deified. Nothing is achieved this way. “But together we can achieve what we are going to do,” he added.

Calls for unity are continuous. Not only in his speech, but also in the precedents of Jose Maria Aznar and Mariano Rajoy. The two former presidents of the government have also warned in the medium term that Feiyo’s election is “irreversible”. The outgoing president, even Pablo Cassado, even shouted at the lack of loyalty he had suffered, although he gave a “thank you” place in his speech this Friday.

Feiyo also dedicated a few words to Cassado. “He has done the Camino de Santiago many times,” he recalls. And he noted: “Every pilgrim knows that there are many stages on the canyon, very heavy sections, very heavy. I would like to acknowledge President Cassado’s efforts to hold the PP flag on sections of the road that were not flat, but also sections of enormous difficulty, uncertainty, and to maintain the PP flag to the present day prior to its handover. With great generosity. ” “Thank you Pablo. Thank you and the people who were with you in the most difficult moments,” he concluded.

Feio returned to his way of speaking: I do not know when, but I know it will happen. “I hope I will do it with the gallantry that Aznar, Rajoy and Casado did,” he said.

It was then that he began to complain to colleagues. “I want a united party, this is an irrelevant one,” he said. A task that was directly entrusted to him, the presidents of the region and the members of CEN. “I do not ask for consistency, but I call for the pursuit of a goal,” he added. And he settled: “I did not come to destroy anyone, I believe in the inclusive policies of the different and the adversary. I would not have come without the elderly, the young, and those who had responsibilities before. You can trust everyone, especially the best. ”