The popular begin on Friday their 21st Congress in which Feijóo will be ratified as leader and wrapped by new appointments in their closest nucleus that have been known these days. These changes, with combative and experienced profiles, seem to mark a turn towards a more aggressive strategy in the opposition to the PSOE, in a context marked by the possible motion of censure and negotiations with Junts. The Congress will be chaired by Xavier García Albiol, mayor of Badalona and with very hard points of immigration.
Tellado, born in Ferrol and with 51 years, has been the main Escudero Feijóo since the Galician stage, directing his electoral campaigns in Galicia and starring in key moments such as the negotiation of Pablo Casado’s departure. Its appointment is interpreted in the party as a movement to put the PP in electoral mode.
The 40 -year -old Leonese deputy replaces Tellado in the Congress spokesman. Although it was already part of the Management Committee as Deputy Secretary, this ascent involves its definitive incorporation into the Feijóo confidence core. Within the party they recognize their loyalty, work capacity and hardness.
Cuca Gamarra – Responsible for Justice, Interior and Defense. After leaving the General Secretariat of the PP, Cuca Gamarra will remain in the Management Committee assuming the areas of justice, interior and defense. Gamarra’s departure from the second place of the game responds to both the need to renew the team and its tensions with Tellado.
Ezcurra passed through the Madrid Assembly as a deputy on the Isabel Díaz Ayuso bench before jumping to the European lists of 9-J, but in the PP they do not frame it in the sector near the Madrid leader.
Jaime de los Santos – Deputy Secretary of Education and Equality. A new incorporation into the Feijóo dome. Former Culture, Tourism and Sports in the Government of Cristina Cifuentes.
Alberto Nadal – Deputy Secretary of Economy and Sustainable Development. He will join the PP economic team from September “when he finishes his labor obligations in the United States,” the party reported.
Dolors Montserrat. Feijóo has confirmed that it will continue in the new PP Management Committee that will leave the Congress. Since the end of April he has been general secretary of the European Popular Party (PPE), which presides over the German Manfred Weber.
