• 23-J Citizens renounce to present themselves to the general elections: "The Spaniards do not see us as a political alternative"
  • 28-M The 28-M gives the thrust to Citizens, definitively swallowed by the PP and Vox

The parliamentary spokesperson of Citizens and former leader of the formation, Inés Arrimadas, has decided to leave politics and not be part of the lists of another party in the general elections of 23-J. This will be announced in a few minutes, as confirmed to EL MUNDO sources in his environment.

The announcement of his departure comes two days after the National Committee of the orange formation decided that the party does not present itself to the general elections advanced by surprise by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez and after confirming this Sunday the collapse of the formation commanded by Patricia Guasp and Adrián Vázquez.

"The liberal space has not been attractive enough," explained Vázquez, secretary general of the liberals after meeting on Tuesday the National Committee of the party, a conclave where a good part of those present defended the idea that the bad results in the regional and municipal elections last weekend are a justified reason for the formation not to attend the generals of 23-J and make a stop along the way.


And it is that the collapse of Citizens on 28-M has plunged the party into the worst scenario handled by the leadership: it lost practically all institutional representation, reduced to 300,000 the votes received and was left out of any crucial enclave. The failure of Begoña Villacís, outside the Madrid City Council, symbolized the decomposition of a brand that now considers its mere survival.

Citizens has chosen to focus its efforts on the almost 400 councilors it has maintained since last weekend, as well as on the regional deputies it maintains in Castilla y León, the Basque Country and Catalonia. The parliamentary group in Congress, with the announcement of the electoral advance and the dissolution of the Cortes, began yesterday its process of dismemberment.

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