Villacís met with Bendodo last week to talk about his possible jump to the PP

• Politics Villacís's challenge frustrates the refounding of Ciudadanos: "I could have said it before"

• Citizens The PP asks Villacís to decide now: "She has to give him the last push"

The rapprochement between Begoña Villacís and the PP goes beyond the declarations of the deputy mayor of Madrid on the freedom of choice of the Ciudadanos (Cs) candidates.

And beyond the "open doors" that teach him so much from

.

has learned

, the leader of Cs in the capital met last Monday afternoon with the general coordinator of the

,

.

And they talked about the possible passage of her to the ranks of the main opposition party.

This was revealed to this newspaper by one of the people who saw them together in a cafeteria near the national headquarters of the

.

PP sources later confirmed the meeting, when consulted by this newspaper.

At the meeting, Bendodo asked Villacís to discuss it with the mayor of Madrid and PP candidate for local elections, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, and with the Madrid PP, led by Isabel Diaz Ayuso.

Not in vain, the positions of one and the other are different: while Almeida believes that adding Villacís to his candidacy would bring him closer to victory on

, because the votes of Cs would not be "lost" and the vote would be maximized of the center right, Ayuso is suspicious of the signings of Ciudadanos positions.

To undo a hypothetical tie, Genoa is clearly committed to signing the

of the capital city council.

The position of the PP regarding Villacís was clear on Friday: Genoa "opens the doors to the talent of Cs, but without conditions."

Of course, "the last push has to be given by herself," they say on the noble floor of the

.

"The reality is that she is taking the step. But either she comes to the PP with all the consequences or nothing," they add, before celebrating that on Friday she already crossed "the Rubicon."

freedom to candidates

Why?

Because the deputy mayor of Madrid published a video in which she assured that Ciudadanos should give their municipal candidates freedom to choose whether they go together with the Popular Party, on joint platforms or under the

Bendodo and Villacís had previously met.

At least, on one more occasion, recognized by

Feijóo's

So, he suggested that she take the plunge and join Almeida's electoral ballot.

Last Monday he reiterated it to her again, but he stressed that he was delegating the final decision to the PP in Madrid and summoned her to that final dialogue.

Why was Bendodo the liaison with Villacís?

Because, within Genoa, he is in charge of maintaining dialogue with all the parties.

In fact, it is he who leads, together with the president of his party, the "simple majority operation", which consists of probing for possible support from minority parties (

...) in case the PP achieve an insufficient majority in the generals to achieve the investiture without Vox.

Of course, the

of the PP has not been the only one that has tempted Villacís.

deputy secretary

attended the General Assembly of Cs and there he also had a conversation with her.

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