A day of reflection and being seen: Feijóo buys books, Villacís officiates a lesbian wedding and Irene Montero drinks a vermouth
After 15 intense days of an electoral campaign marked by the controversy of the ETA members on the Bildu lists and the fraud of buying votes in several locations, the politicians have taken advantage of this Saturday to rest and try to disconnect. They have lived the day of reflection of the regional and municipal elections of 28-M with their family and friends. Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP), Rita Maestre and Mónica García (Más Madrid) have visited the Madrid Book Fair, Begoña Villacís (Ciudadanos) has officiated a civil wedding of a lesbian couple and Irene Montero has had a vermouth with the Podemos candidate for the Madrid government, Alejandra Jacinto.
Irene Montero toasts with Angela Rodríguez and Alejandra Jacinto. CAN
Nothing is known about what the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, did this Saturday. While other politicians broadcast their day on social networks and were seen in the most emblematic places of their cities, trying to attract the last undecided, the leader of the PSOE has kept an unusual digital silence.
Another absentee from the event was the Second Vice President and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz (Sumar), who is in Portugal, at the Porto Social Forum.
Reyes Maroto, in the slaughterhouse.
Yes, the PSOE candidate for Mayor of Madrid, Reyes Maroto, has been seen, who has walked with her husband through Madrid Río and the Matadero and has gone to eat in the Barrio de las Letras. In the afternoon, the Socialist candidate's plan is to study with her children and watch the final of the Copa de la Reina for women's football, between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid.
For his part, the regional candidate of the PSOE, Juan Lobato, has gone with his wife and three children to Caixa Fórum to see the exhibition Mamut. The giant of the ice age, a plan that “excited” the middle of the family.
Meanwhile, Feijóo, who will go to vote this Sunday at the Ramiro de Maeztu school, where Sánchez studied precisely, has walked through the Madrid Book Fair accompanied by his wife, Eva Cárdenas.
This is how Feijóo has encouraged citizens to meet the writers present there: “A good Saturday to visit the Book Fair. Coming gives us the opportunity to meet the writers, listen to recommendations and be able to give gifts. You can't miss it,” the PP president wrote in a message on social networks in which he shared photos of his family.
Mónica García and Rita Maestre, also in El Retiro, like Feijóo. EFE
The Más Madrid candidate for Mayor of Madrid, Rita Maestre, and the autonomous candidate of this group, Mónica García, have also been at the Book Fair, who have also taken the opportunity to take home some editorial novelties and take pictures with their supporters.
Ayuso takes a 'selfie' with a follower in the Santander park.
And Isabel Diaz Ayuso? The president of the Community of Madrid and PP candidate for re-election has taken a walk through Parque de Santander, in Chamberí. There she has toured the new spaces of this green area and has chatted with some neighbors who have come to greet her, to whom she has told that she will spend the rest of the day of reflection accompanied by her family.
His party partner, the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has gone out for coffee with his niece and a friend and has also eaten with other friends, before taking a walk around the city.
Begoña Villacís, officiating an LGTBI wedding. EFE
The Ciudadanos candidate for Mayor of Madrid, Begoña Villacís, has chosen this moment of recess to officiate the civil wedding of two women at the Casa de la Panadería in Madrid, stressing that “life is there to unite and face challenges as a team” .
While Irene Montero and Alejandra Jacinto were having a vermouth accompanied by the Secretary of State for Equality, Angela Rodríguez, Pam, the leader of Podemos and Minister of Social Rights and the 2030 Agenda, Ione Belarra, participated in a race with former athlete Roberto Sotomayor , head of the poster of the purple formation to the Madrid City Council.
Belarra and Sotomayor, in a race. CAN
On behalf of Vox, the candidate for Mayor of Madrid, Javier Ortega Smith, has taken advantage of the day of reflection to visit the “precious” museums of the capital, such as the National Museum of Decorative Arts or the Romantic Museum. Through a video of just over 30 seconds, Ortega Smith has unveiled his plan with his wife, Paulina Sánchez del Río Nájera.
For her part, the candidate for the Presidency of the Community of Madrid, Rocío Monasterio, has decided to spend the day “recovering time” with her children and telling them anecdotes about the campaign.
In Barcelona, as is the tradition, the main parties' candidates for mayor have met to take the classic family photo organized by the Efe news agency in front of the consistory façade, in an appointment in which some have taken the opportunity to exchange their telephone numbers.. In the image appear the candidates Eva Parera (Valents), Xavier Trias (JxCat), Ada Colau (En Comú), Ernest Maragall (ERC), Jaume Collboni (PSC), Anna Grau (Ciutadans) and Daniel Sirera (PPC), before Barcelona City Hall, in the Plaza de Sant Jaume.
The candidates for the Mayor of Barcelona Eva Parera (Valents), Xavier Trias (JxCat), Ada Colau (En Comú), Ernest Maragall (ERC), Jaume Collboni (PSC), Anna Grau (Ciutadans) and Daniel Sirera (PPC). EFE
Sorting papers and reading a book about Alfonso XIII have been some of the tasks that the president of Aragon, Javier Lambán, has dedicated himself to, while the president of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, has “reflected” with his dog Pepe during a walk in the mountains.
The president of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, has also gone hiking, who has traveled 12 kilometers on the outskirts of Olivenza (Badajoz) in the rain, which is “so much needed”, as he has pointed out on social networks.
In the Valencian Community, its president, the socialist Ximo Puig, has been in various towns visiting representatives and auditors of his party, while his rival from the PP, Carlos Mazón, has run along the beach of San Juan and that of Compromís, Joan Baldoví, has celebrated his granddaughter's birthday.
Francisco de la Torre, who at 80 wants to continue being mayor of Malaga, a position he has held since 2000, got up early to swim in the pool and then visited the Alcazaba and ate with the family.
The PNV candidate for deputy general of Álava, Ramiro González, has had an intense agenda, who, in addition to going to the mountains, has gone shopping, has taken a walk with his mother and had reserved the afternoon to watch the Alavés football matches and the basketball Baskonia.
Along the same lines as Villacís, mayor of Valladolid, Óscar Puente (PSOE), has officiated the wedding of six couples.
And the leader of the orange formation and aspiring to preside over the Balearic Islands, Patricia Guasp, has gone with her children to the Santa Catalina de Palma market to buy fresh products from local businesses.