Pepa Millán, new Vox spokesperson in Congress to replace Espinosa de los Monteros

The Vox leader denies "factions" in the party and attributes the criticism to staying off the lists

The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, has announced this Thursday that the former Andalusian senator Pepa Millán will be the new spokesperson for Vox in Congress, replacing Ivan Espinosa de los Monteros, who last week resigned from taking possession of his seat.

In statements in Congress, Abascal has highlighted Millán's work as a senator in the last legislature, debating with President Pedro Sánchez, and believes that his promotion shows that in Vox "there is a quarry and there is a team."

In addition, he has insisted that the resignation of Espinosa de los Monteros is only due to personal and family reasons and that it has nothing to do with alleged internal divisions within Vox.

SPEAKER OF THE THIRD GROUP OF THE CONGRESS AT 28 YEARS OLD

María José Rodríguez de Millán Parro, born in Cabra (Córdoba) 28 years ago, graduated in Law from the University of Seville, is studying for a double master's degree in Access to the Legal Profession and Contract Law and Civil Liability and has competitive examination studies. to the body of Property Registrars.

During the last legislature, Pepa Millán served as an adviser to the Vox group in the Andalusian Parliament, focused on areas of employment, equality, promotion and the presidency, until she was appointed senator by autonomous designation of Andalusia on July 26, 2022.

In these twelve months he was the voice of Vox in the Upper House and starred in tough debates with the Government of Pedro Sánchez. That role of hers led her to Abascal's list for Madrid in the July 23 elections, in fifth place, and she now ascends to the spokesperson for the parliamentary group in Congress.

"Vox gains a great spokesperson with Pepa Millán, who made her debut in Parliament having to question the President of the Government and singing all 40 to him and doing it like very few parliamentarians, like very few deputies and senators are capable of doing," he stressed. We have high expectations for Pepa Millán and we believe that she will represent all our voters with great dignity and great peace of mind."

In his appearance before the media, the first since the resignation of Espinosa de los Monteros, Abascal has insisted that this departure is only due to "family reasons and personal reasons": "There is no type of political reason, of programmatic reason" , he has proclaimed.

"THERE IS A TEAM AND THERE IS A FUTURE"

In his opinion, Vox loses "a great spokesperson" with the departure of Espinosa but also "gains a great spokesperson" with Pepa Millán and shows that "it has a youth system, it has a team and it has a future", scorning the criticism of former deputies such as Rubén Manso or Victor Sanchez del Real. "There are always people, as in all parties, who are not satisfied when they do not have an act, when they are not elected," he commented. "It is something that happens in all political parties."

Abascal recalled that these days there has been talk of "factions" in Vox, from "liberals, National Catholics, Falangists, even pre-conciliar", but he stressed that in no case have programmatic discrepancies or internal rejections of the Vox program been mentioned.

"There is no ideological debate, it has never existed, therefore I am sorry to prick the globe -he replied-. There is no family here, no faction. Here at Vox there is room for everyone who wants to defend national unity, the freedom of the Spaniards in all orders".

And, yes, "those who want to sow division and discord or those who bet on personalities obviously have no place in Vox," he stressed, alluding to the critics.

In statements to the media later, Millán declared that serving as Vox spokesperson in Congress is "a pleasure, an honor and an enormous responsibility" and he is facing this new stage "with enthusiasm, with responsibility" and being "aware of the enormous challenge ". In addition, he has thanked his predecessor in office, who has performed a "magnificent and extraordinary job."

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