Bal calls the leaders of Ciudadanos "cowards": "They want to keep the money in the box for the Europeans"

MADRID, 31 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Until now deputy spokesman for Ciudadanos in Congress, Edmundo Bal, has branded the leaders of the 'orange' party as "cowards" and has demanded that they resign "en bloc", while ensuring that their decision not to run for The general elections of July 23 obey the intention of "save the money that is in the box for the campaign" of the European elections of 2024.

The debacle in the municipal and regional elections of 28M has led the Citizens' Executive to give up running for the early general elections, understanding that the voter does not consider them and assuming that they do not have time to "rearm" for this electoral appointment.

Bal, who already harshly criticized this position on Tuesday, stressed in statements to TVE, collected by Europa Press, that he "does not share this decision" and regretted that they have "left in the lurch" the "brave" who have made up the 'orange' electoral lists and their 300,000 voters.

"Not like the cowards who run this party, who have now decided to keep the money that is in the box to be able to campaign later in the European elections," he assured in a veiled reference to the general secretary of Ciudadanos, Adrián Vázquez, who He is the 'orange' spokesman in the European Parliament.

The deputy has also suggested that the decision not to run for the general elections is so that relevant people from the party, such as Inés Arrimadas, can "look for a life in the PP." "Not having a party opens the door for anyone to defend liberal ideas as an internal current of the PP", as suggested by the former vice mayoress of Madrid, Begoña Villacís, has said.

Bal has stressed that "the main objective" of a political party is to apply its policies and exercise its ideas, so the decision "does not make any sense." For the deputy, it is an acknowledgment that the party is "unfeasible" and "does not work", for which he understands that the Executive has to resign "en bloc, totally". In his opinion, the party is "misled."

He has also criticized the intention of "rearming" announced on Tuesday, recalling that the party went through a process of refounding "the day before yesterday." "You have to go out and fight", he has insisted.

However, he has recognized that with the deadlines for the July election date and with the decision made by the 'orange' leadership "there is nothing to do anymore", but he has guaranteed that he will not abandon Ciudadanos and will continue "fighting " for the project, although he plans to return to his position at the State Attorney's Office. "I'm not going to throw in the towel," he said.

Bal believes that the center space in Spain "is large" and that the PP's pacts with Vox will cause the "popular" to lean to the right and leave that space "again". The State lawyer has admitted that if Ciudadanos "had not seemed to be on the right and had really been from the center" it would have also reaped the votes of the "orphan voter" of the PSOE, the one who "does not agree with Bildu, ERC and Unidas Podemos".

That, he said, was the intention he was pursuing when he applied to lead the training in the primary process framed in the refoundation.

Therefore, and questioned about the position of the Attorney for Citizens in the Courts of Castilla y León, Francisco Igea, to put together a new political platform, Bal affirms that "all options are open."