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Surprise in the PP.

This Monday, after 1:00 p.m., Alberto Núñez Feijóo went down to the press room at Génova, 13, accompanied by his new campaign spokesperson, after calling a press conference without saying who was going to hold the position.

Seeing him arrive, the press has cleared up the mystery: Borja Sémper.

That is the star signing of the PP for the long electoral period of 2023.

Sémper (Irún, 1976) thus returns to politics, after leaving it less than three years ago.

The former leader of the Basque PP supported Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría in the 2018 primaries. In fact, she would have been his spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies.

Two years later, and surrounded by Pablo Casado, he left politics to work at the consulting firm EY, as Director of Institutional Relations.

So, the former spokesman for the PP in the Basque Parliament and president of the Popular Party of Guipúzcoa recognized in this newspaper that he now saw current affairs "like a retiree who looks out at a construction site."

That period ends abruptly now, as he jumps on the political bandwagon.


The signing of Sémper joins that of Íñigo de la Serna, former Minister of Public Works who will be in charge of coordinating the electoral program of the 'popular' for the municipal and local elections of 2023. Both are pro Sorayistas and are considered in profile "moderate" within the PP.

In fact, Sémper had a run-in with Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo.

After the then popular

spokesperson

criticized the "lukewarmness" of some leaders in the face of nationalism, Sémper replied: "While some walked comfortably on soft carpets, we risked our lives here defending the Constitution and coexistence."

Sémper left politics as spokesman for the PP in the Basque Chamber and councilor in the San Sebastián City Council.

"A party is not a sect," Sémper stressed then, in his last press conference.

"I want to defend what my party represents; a center-right, liberal, and moderate party to which I have always felt loyal. A political party is not a sect. That there are nuances and discrepancies should be greeted as something healthy," he explained. .


Graduated in Law from the University of the Basque Country and an expert in Public Management from IESE, Sémper joined the New Generations of Guipúzcoa in 1993, at the age of seventeen.

In other words, he was already a very active member of the PP of Gipúzcoa when Ordóñez was murdered and for almost 15 years the politician born in Irún had protection.

On at least two occasions, the terrorist group ETA tried to assassinate him, first at the Law School and, later, with a bomb hidden in his container next to his home.

He too suffered harassment from the radical left with threatening graffiti.

Married to the actress Barbara Goenaga and with three children, the Basque parliamentarian agreed to lead the PP's candidacy for the San Sebastián City Council and achieved more than 10,000 votes and three councilors with a personalist campaign that connected with part of the electorate lost by Pablo's party Married.

But soon after he was disenchanted.

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