• Politics The "war" in Ciudadanos reaches its final phase: Arrimadas and Bal present their lists this week

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The 'number two' of Ciudadanos, Edmundo Bal, has officially launched this Wednesday his candidacy to preside over the party, a moment that he has taken advantage of to reach out to the members of the official list of Inés Arrimadas: "We would like you to look at our list We are always going to have the door open", he said after presenting the first names of his team.

Bal has announced the main names of his project.

Santiago Saura, number two of Begoña Villacís for the 2019 elections and councilor in the Madrid City Council, will be a candidate for general secretary of the formation.

The following positions are held by the national deputies Sara Giménez and MªCarmen Martínez.

The State lawyer has staged his announcement at the door of Congress, where part of his team has accompanied him.

Bal has the support of practically the entire parliamentary group and the support of territorial leaders such as Francisco Igea, Citizens' Attorney in the Courts of Castilla y León.

While waiting to find out who Inés Arrimadas has, Edmundo Bal offers them a place in the Executive if he wins the primaries and invites them to join his plan: "We will always have the door open", he expressed after the last offer to the president to achieve a unity project has not achieved results.

In Bal's eyes, "the leadership has lived in a glass tower", so it is time now, he says, to "open the party" so that the militancy and the territories have a greater voice.

She will be a good part of her team, she has detailed, that she will be unknown "albeit very talented."

"A real renewal, without theater", he has added in statements to the media, supported by an important part of the parliamentary group.

The tensions in Ciudadanos have grown in recent weeks and it seems that they will lead to the internal process in the coming days.

Since Bal slipped his desire to run in the primaries, the party leadership has worked to reach a consensus candidacy to reach the General Assembly in January without fissures and with unity.

However, the different attempts to reach an agreement have failed after Arrimadas did not accept the main demand on the part of the alternative candidacy: leave the spokesperson in Congress.

In fact, as Bal explained, this same Tuesday he offered Inés Arrimadas to join his list without asking for anything in return, not even moving away from the parliamentary spokesperson.

One last offer that the orange leader rejected.

It is expected that the party president will officially present her list throughout this week.

In the last hours, from the surroundings of Arrimadas, his team for the primaries has been defined as very broad and with important profiles.

In any case, Arrimadas has ruled out leading the list to make way for "other leading roles", in line with the claims of the militancy in recent times.

The period for presenting candidacies opens next Monday, December 26, and will end on Thursday 29. From there, the candidates will carry out a brief campaign to publicize their plans.

Voting will take place just a few days before the January General Assembly, convened for the 13th, 14th and 15th.

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