Spanish Conservatives: Casado follows Rajoy as party leader

Politics

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Mariano There A few weeks ago, Rajoy resigned not only as Spanish Prime Minister, but also as President of his People's Party. This now chooses a successor. Pablo Casado presents himself as a "candidate for renewal".

Pablo Casado was elected successor to Mariano Rajoy as the new president of the conservative Spanish People's Party (PP). The former government spokesman in Madrid got 57% of the votes at a special party congress, as announced by Ana Pastor, politician and speaker of Parliament,

. The second candidate in the election, Soraya Saénz de Santamaría 42 percent. Casado and Saénz de Santamaría had prevailed earlier this month in a national vote of the party's base. Nearly 3,200 voters and women decided on the new party leader

. Casado, 37, is presented as a "candidate for renewal". The economist and qualified lawyer recently defended against media reports about irregularities in the acquisition of a master's degree. [1965-0910] The former leader of the Rajoy party was first on June 1 by socialist leader Pedro Sánchez by a vote of no confidence in parliament as Spanish Prime Minister was demolished. Just four days after his resignation, Rajoy resigned as Conservative leader. The 63-year-old man is chairman of the PP since October 2004 and prime minister since 2011.

"It's the best for the PP, for Spain and for me," Rajoy said. June 5 in an emotional retreat of the party leadership. On the first day of the PP's extraordinary congress, he said on Friday that his government had "left a better Spain" than what he had inherited seven years ago.

Source: n-tv.de