The SEPI and the Board of Directors of the Zarzuela Hippodrome have approved this afternoon the appointment of the former director of communication of the PSOE,

Maritcha Ruiz

, as the new president of the Hippodrome itself.

And in the statement in which the State Society of Industrial Participations informs of the controversial election, the main merits that stand out is the "

extensive teaching experience in marketing and communication

" accumulated by the one who has been Pedro Sánchez's press officer .

The body dependent on the Ministry of Finance also points out that "she has a degree in Information Sciences, a diploma in Business Communication from the European Institute of Health and Social Welfare, and a University Expert in Institutional Relations and Protocol from the UNED", and reviews of her professional career in which the aforementioned "director of the Communication of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party" stands out.

None of the above, therefore, indicates that Maritcha Ruiz has previous experience in the equine world, in racecourses or in something related to the sector in which she is now going to work.

Ruiz will also replace

Francisco Salazar

, who was Iván Redondo's number two and whom the Government banished to the presidency of the Hippodrome.

Now, with the creation of the General Secretariat of Political Planning, President Sánchez has decided to recover Salazar for Moncloa and place the now deposed Ruiz in his place.

About Salazar, SEPI highlights that his "work at the head of the public company has been aimed at laying the foundations for a sustainable business model that combines the lines of

activity of horse racing

and the maintenance of the sector with a strategy of image, communication and institutional relations, placing the Hippodrome as a national and international benchmark for leisure, event organization and restoration".

With this process, the presidency of the Hippodrome is revealed as a position that Sánchez allocates for those who have been close to him and whom he decides to do without, something that he has also done with other positions such as the presidency of Paradores with

Óscar López

.

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