The PP avoids the photo of Colón and will not invite Vox to the Feijóo event: "Each party has its actions"

Génova has already begun preparations for the “big event” that will be held on Avenida Felipe II in Madrid on September 24. The popular ones expect a massive influx to give a boost to Alberto Núñez Feijóo at the doors of his investiture with an event “open” to the citizens. It will not be a demonstration against the amnesty, as the general secretary, Cuca Gamarra, initially proposed.. It will rather have a rally format, in which the Galician leader will be the protagonist and the acronym of the PP, the flag.. The management does not plan to formally invite any other political formation, thus avoiding another possible photo of Colón with Santiago Abascal. “Each party has its actions,” they advance.

Abascal had shown some interest in attending the mobilization promoted by the PP, but with conditions. The leader assured this Thursday that, at the moment, he did not know whether or not his party was invited to the event, and urged the popular party to clarify it “in the next few hours.”. He also insisted that Génova explain whether it was a “party act” or a civic mobilization against the amnesty before deciding whether or not to attend the meeting.. And the PP leadership has already dispelled all doubts.

The event will serve to establish the keys to the investiture speech that Feijóo will deliver the last week of September in the Congress of Deputies, in which he will present the axes of his political program and explain the reasons why he will not be president of the Government: no “bow your head” in exchange for Junts votes to reach Moncloa. Do not govern before “selling the State” to Carles Puigdemont.

The popular ones hope to gather thousands of supporters, but also citizens without political ties who want to come to an event whose motto will be the “defense of the equality of Spaniards.”. The Madrid PP, led by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has already gotten to work to mobilize Madrid's militancy for the event. Last Tuesday night, after the intervention of José María Aznar, Génova telephoned the party leadership in Madrid to begin preparations..

At the event, the presence of the entire regional barons is expected, in addition to the two former presidents of the Government. Aznar himself confirmed this Thursday at COPE that he would attend the meeting if the party wanted it, and Génova added Mariano Rajoy to the agenda this Friday. Gamarra confirmed shortly after at a press conference in Congress that both José María Aznar and Mariano Rajoy always have the door open. The last time the two leaders met on stage was in Valencia in February of this year, an event in which the two former leaders supported Feijóo and staged a reunion after years without meeting on stage..

Although at first Génova invited the leader of UPN, Javier Esparza, to the meeting on September 24 after the meeting he had with Feijóo in Génova, the party now reiterates its partisan nature and relegates the amnesty to the background of the meeting. This Thursday, the general secretary of the popular party was asked on up to three occasions whether they intended to invite Vox or not, to which the leader responded that “any citizen who considers it can join” and “if there are other organizations that want come, let them tell us”, leaving the ball in Abascal's court. But Genoa will not have the initiative. “It is an act of the PP that organizes and convenes the PP and is framed in the process of investiture of the candidate,” he remarked..

The PP thus cools the possibility of republishing the well-known photo of Columbus next week, but it could still be repeated on October 8. Catalan Civil Society has called for a large civic mobilization in Barcelona against the amnesty for this date, to which Santiago Abascal has already confirmed his attendance.. Other PP officials have done the same, such as Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, who assured on EsRadio that “everyone should go to this call”, including Alberto Núñez Feijóo, because “there can be no excuses for not participating.”. Isabel Díaz Ayuso also confirmed her attendance. In Genoa there is no progress yet on whether the popular leader will attend or whether they will send a delegation from the management to the event.

I'll be there.https://t.co/Pj6MoCzzQT

— Isabel Díaz Ayuso (@IdiazAyuso) September 12, 2023

Feijóo has taken a step forward and will complement the institutional offensive against Sánchez with a display of force in the street. With its initiative, sponsored by José María Aznar, the PP takes the lead over Vox and takes over one of the main opposition weapons of those of Santiago Abascal. For the moment, Vox has only confirmed its attendance at the Catalan Civil Society demonstration and has not called for any mobilization of its own. The party has also suspended until further notice VIVA 23, a massive event that the conservatives celebrate annually with their militancy, and which is now postponed, according to the party, due to the “uncertainty” of the political panorama.