Isabel Díaz Ayuso, president of the Community of Madrid resigns: there will be early elections

Madrid regional president, conservative Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has dissolved her government and will call early elections, vice president Ignacio Aguado has announced, from the Liberal Party of the Center Citizens, who ruled the capital region in coalition with the Conservatives.

The resignation comes in a context of confrontation at the national level between the Popular festival, to which Ayuso belongs, and Citizens, after Wednesday the centrist formation ended the coalition government with the conservatives of the region of Murcia seek to reign with the socialists.

After that motion of censure, this Wednesday, the Board of Governors of Madrid met, as is customary every week. The the regional president has decided to call elections for May 4.

Sources from the Madrid regional government have confirmed that the Madrid president’s goal is thus avoid a possible motion of censure from Ciudadanos and the Socialists. “If the motion of censure were presented, the elections could not be called ”, they said. Ayuso will make an appearance in the next few hours.

The president of Madrid currently governs in coalition with Citizens, but he needs the support of far-right MPs Vox add an absolute majority to the regional parliament.

“It’s a jug of cold water for Madrid residents. Surely by personal whim, Madrid will have to return to vote. This is very bad news. It seems to us absolute irresponsibility “Aguado said when announcing Ayuso’s resignation. Aguado stressed that the people of Madrid “do not deserve to pay for the corruption of the PP from Murcia to Madrid”. “Murcia has nothing to do with Madrid and yet the president condemns the people of Madrid to bear the consequences in person”, He said.

The regional administration is in charge of health policy Yes you are responsible for your own response to the coronavirus and vaccine deployment.

The conservatives lead in coalition with the liberals in two other Spanish regions: Castile and Leon (north center) and Andalusia (South). In recent months there has been rumors and speculations about clashes between conservatives and liberals in these regions and possible motions of censure from Ciudadanos and the Socialists to overthrow the PP of the respective governments.

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