Génova says, a year after Casado's goodbye, that he does not look in the "rear-view mirror" but that he has the door of the PP open

The steering committee analyzes data that confirm that the PP is "widening" its space with a transfer of voters from PSOE and Vox

MADRID, 20 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The leadership of the PP led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo considers, one year after Pablo Casado's goodbye as president of the formation, that we must look to the future and not by the "rear-view mirror", without "getting entangled" in issues that occurred then. However, he admits that the doors of the party are open for him because he has been a "very relevant" person in the party, as the spokesman for the PP campaign committee, Borja Sémper, has admitted, when expressly asked if there will be a rehabilitation of the that he was president of the party for almost four years.

"The doors of this headquarters are absolutely open to him and to any other militant. Especially to him because he has been president of this party and he is a very relevant and very important person for us as well. And with the naturalness with which I tell him, This is how we will face it in the future," he declared at a press conference at the PP headquarters after the meeting of the steering committee chaired by Alberto Núñez Feijóo.

When expressly asked if the PP crisis that took place a year ago and how to somehow rehabilitate Casado was discussed at that meeting of the management committee, Sémper replied that the party is "united" and has "illusion" At this time, how are the demoscopic data and the surveys that are being published collected? "We don't look in the rear-view mirror, but we look at the present and the future of this party," he emphasized.

In this sense, he has indicated that they are taking the "pulse of the street" and they see that society's "will for change" is "unequivocal" and they want to respond with "rigor, high-mindedness and professionalism to that need for change that awaits Spain". "Therefore, we do not look in the rear-view mirror and we look to the future," she added.

As for whether Feijóo's PP rules out the participation of Pablo Casado in acts of the electoral campaign of this 2023, Sémper has not ruled out that possibility later and has stressed that the doors of the PP remain open to him and to any militant, especially everything to him "because he has been president of this party".

On whether he believes that Casado deserves recognition for his time at the head of the PP and why the opportunity to count on him has not yet been found, Sémper has reiterated that the party wants to look to the future and "counts on everyone", especially with whom they have had "responsibilities". "I hope we can see this and confirm it over the next few months and with all the absolute naturalness", he added, to insist that "everyone has the doors open" and they will have "everyone".

Questioned later if he believes that colleagues from the PP Executive acted well, who a year ago praised Casado after his interview at COPE, alluding to the commission of Isabel Díaz Ayuso's brother but later turned their backs on him, as revealed by the messages of El País, Sémper has affirmed that he is in the habit of "not making political statements about private conversations" and has added that he "does not share" that these private conversations "are made public".

The spokesman for the PP campaign committee has emphasized that the party is "united and excited" with the "change in Spain" and added that they have "focused all their energies on that." "At least I don't want to waste time on things that happened a year ago and I don't think that those of us with political responsibilities, especially thinking about those who are watching us at home, have to get entangled in those things," he said, to underline that Feijóo's address "is not in that code".

Sources from the leadership of the PP stress in private that that crisis was overcome in a "satisfactory manner" and now "they are thinking of something else", with their sights set on the electoral appointments. They also recognize that Casado did good things and that he himself is now rebuilding his life. "This does not take a minute away from us," say the aforementioned sources.

Likewise, Sémper has confirmed that the PP management committee has analyzed the transfer of votes from PSOE and Vox to the PP that are included in the sociological and electoral analyses. "The main conclusion that we draw is that the Popular Party, without having to go anywhere, is widening its electoral space," she stressed.

In this sense, he has affirmed that they are verifying in the street that "men and women who in the past trusted Sánchez or Abascal, today trust the PP and do not do so timidly but with determination and in a growing way". In his opinion, Feijóo's objective of expanding the PP is "giving results" and this is reflected in the polls.

Sémper has specified that they have data indicating that this vote transfer amounts to "11% or 12% of voters from Sánchez to the PP" and in the case of Vox it is "14 or 15% of voters". As he added, these are data with which they are not "satisfied" and "aspire to continue expanding" the party, "adding PSOE and Vox voters" but also those who "have not voted for any party but share the need exchange rate in Spain" and that "he is represented by Alberto Núñez Feijóo".

On the other hand, Sémper has affirmed that in the PP they are "perplexed and concerned" by the "lack of information" from the Government in relation to the shipment of war material to Ukraine and has stressed that Spain is the only EU country that is going to to send him that "he has not submitted this circumstance to the consideration of his Parliament". "It is a real nonsense," he has proclaimed.

With the objective of "correcting" this, it has been advanced that the PP will present a question to the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, this Wednesday, which will later become a motion to be voted on the first week of March in order to know "with transparency and clarity of the government's position, if it has one" and "how all the groups in Congress manifest themselves".

"We want to know who supports Ukraine and those who defend abandoning it to its fate," he said, adding that the "trouble" of the coalition government of PSOE and Unidas Podemos should not "hinder" Spain's position in line with other European countries .

On the other hand, Sémper has criticized the Podemos proposal focused on "intervening" her shopping basket but has confessed that she would like to know what the specific position of the Executive is. "Where there has been intervention, more damage has been generated than benefits", he indicated, to bet on lowering prices by lowering VAT on meat, fish and preserves.

Regarding the MEPs who are traveling to Spain this week to supervise European funds, he has indicated that the PP thinks it is "good" that they can be "supervised". "Transparency is always a good guide and knowing where public money is destined is always something that can be claimed," he declared, adding that they hope that when the MEPs leave they can have "some more light and information than everyone has now." .

When asked about the so-called 'Negreira case' that affects Barcelona, ​​the spokesperson for the campaign committee has indicated that they have not dealt with this matter at the meeting of the PP management committee but that they are asking Spanish football and all the clubs "transparency and if possible fair play in the offices and on the field". "And here I stay", he has declared himself, to confess that he is a Madridista.