Arrimadas stresses that Ciudadanos is not going to throw in the towel and clears up rumors of absorption by the PP

He emphasizes that, despite the loss of Juan Marín and other former leaders, Ciudadanos will be in the Andalusian municipal

MADRID, 27 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of Ciudadanos, Inés Arrimadas, has assured this Thursday that "she does not know" if the PP intends to absorb her party, nor has she spoken with the 'popular' leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, about this point, but in any case he wanted to make it clear that his party "is not going to throw in the towel".

Rumors of the integration of Ciudadanos into the PP have intensified in recent days, and within the framework of the party's refoundation process, after it was published that the 'popular' Andalusians have the census of members of the formation, which has been interpreted as one more step in the absorption process in Andalusia. Added to this situation is the gradual incorporation of ex-charges from Citizens.

Questioned in an interview on Onda Cero, collected by Europa Press, Arrimadas has indicated that "he does not know" if the PP maintains the intention of absorbing Ciudadanos, as the previous 'popular' Executive intended after the signing of former 'orange' leader Fran Hervías , and has transferred that "he has not called" Feijóo "to find out what they intend."

Arrimadas has recognized that Ciudadanos suffers "very important electoral declines" but has insisted on the refoundation process, stressing that his party "is not going to throw in the towel." "It's about reconnecting with citizens, we're not going to throw in the towel and that's where we are," he added.

The 'orange' leader has referred to the flight of charges that Ciudadanos also suffers, particularly in Andalusia. The former vice president of the Junta de Andalucía Juan Marín has agreed to preside over the regional Economic and Social Council (CES), while the former president of Parliament Marta Bosquet will be the president of the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA).

Marín has finished requesting his withdrawal as an affiliate of Ciudadanos. This same Thursday, he has revealed that he has done it "by indication of the party" and not on his own initiative ".

Arrimadas has insisted that "he is very fond" of Marín and that he has embarked on another path "by personal decision", although he has not wanted to specify if it seems "compatible" to hold the Presidency of the CES as a member of Ciudadanos.

In addition, he has confirmed that the former leader of the party in the autonomous community "told him" his plans. Along these lines, he has stated that Ciudadanos has a "project" in Andalusia and that they will run for municipal elections.

Likewise, the until now president of the municipal group in Barcelona, ​​Luz Guilarte, resigned from her act as councilor and from being the mayor in the 2023 elections after denouncing a "plot" within the group. On this matter, the 'orange' leader has indicated that it is a "personal decision" by Guilarte, taken after an "unpleasant situation" in the Barcelona City Council, and "nothing that refers to a problem" with the party.