Villacís, electoral rival of the PP in the capital and a door that remains open in Genoa

• Villacís confirms that he will run for the Ciudadanos primaries: "I will do the kind of politics I believe in"

About four kilometers from the headquarters that Ciudadanos has on Calle Alcalá, Begoña Villacís confirmed yesterday what would not have been news a year ago: "I am going to present myself to lead the center space in Madrid, which is what Ciudadanos represents" .

She did it at the Hotel Urso, after summoning the media a couple of hours before the appointment.

In an improvised, small-sized press room, more typical of an intimate evening than of a political announcement.

That was where she Villacís confirmed that she will run in the primaries of her party, settling part of the noise that has accompanied her in these hectic days.

These winter days usually come loaded with surprises.

Above all, in Madrid politics.

A few meters from his microphone was

, Madrid City Council Urban Development delegate, immersed in the army of cameras and journalists that packed the small venue.

He was the only orange councilor present.

«I feel deeply proud to be the best coalition government in Spain.

I feel as proud of what Cs has done as of my government partner, ”announced the deputy mayor, breaking the uncomfortable silence of these days.

She herself wanted to downplay her announcement: «I don't think this is news because it is the same thing that I have always said.

I do not stay in Ciudadanos because I have never left.

I have always wanted to convey how vital liberalism is", the vice mayor continued with her argument, who was absent from the official act that she had scheduled minutes later with

, to discover the bust in memory of

, former coach and legend from Atlético.

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The labyrinth of Begoña Villacís and a political future in the air: "They have played it, and now what are they going to do?"

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The labyrinth of Begoña Villacís and a political future in the air: "They have played it, and now what are they going to do?"

Her speech started trying to explain everything that has happened in these last days that have turned out to be a volcano for her.

«I am silent because I have been in politics for many years.

This week has been covered with speculation and I wanted to wait for the right moment to give my version.

And this has been when the mud has finished ».

And she continued: «Politics brings out the worst in people.

In the mud I do not move well.

There is a type of politics that I do not like and that I do not practice.

From February 4 to 6 there will be the nomination of candidacies, then there will be a few days for the guarantees and on the 15th and 16th those Ciudadanos primaries will be held in which, finally, Villacís will appear.

«Madrid is very similar to what we represent.

The nature of Madrid will be compromised if the city falls into the hands of Ortega Smith, which is what would happen if I don't show up."

"He never defended leaving Ciudadanos aside"

His staging did not last half an hour.

But in it, logically, he spoke of the Popular Party.

And, also, from Feijóo, who that same morning had admitted that she had never offered herself to her party.

«I want to thank Mr. Feijóo for telling the truth.

I have never proposed to go to the PP, that is not true.

I appreciate the honesty and sincerity, even if it is from another party.

Villacís's message assumes that, if she overcomes these imminent primaries, she will go from being the government partner and possible companion to a rival of Martínez-Almeida for the mayor's office.

And that handful of votes, less and less, according to the accounts that Cibeles has been handling, could turn out to be the door to the majority that the Popular Party is pursuing in the capital.

«I respect the press conference of the vice mayor, there is no more to say.

I always opted for prudence and respect so that it would not affect the government.

And so I continue, "Almeida assured yesterday, who added:" No mud campaign has been carried out from my party.

However, although Villacís closed that door to the PP yesterday, in Genoa they still do not rule out a future understanding.

They believe that the decision will close the door of municipal politics because the perspective of Cs in the capital is dark.

"We do not close doors to talent", they assured from the popular group.

"She never defended us leaving Ciudadanos aside, she defended that PP and Cs collaborate."

Yesterday Villacís turned a page, although there are still many more.

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