It was scheduled for March, but the leadership of Vox, at the request of its leader, Santiago Abascal, has decided to bring forward its general assembly to the end of January, in which the far-right party is expected to renew the leadership to give new impetus to the training, after the poor results of the last general elections, for the next four years.
This was announced by Abascal himself in a press conference after the meeting of his executive, in which he also confirmed that he will stand for re-election as president of Vox, a position he has held since its founding a decade ago.
The ultra leader has spoken of the need to introduce changes in the governing bodies and has assured that he does not know if he will have any rival in the assembly, which, if he runs, should gather, in principle, 10% of the endorsements, although that percentage could be reduced to 5% or 3% if no candidate reaches it.
After notable departures such as those of Macarena Olona and Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, Vox had planned to hold this general assembly in March, but Abascal and his people have decided to bring it forward to prevent the conclave from coinciding with the new electoral cycle, which begins on February 18 in Galicia and will continue with the Basque elections in spring and the European elections in June, and also given the possibility that the internal opposition will increase.
After acknowledging that his party is going through a “very difficult” moment, which has extended to the whole of Spain due to the “coup d’état” that, in his opinion, has been perpetrated by the coalition government, the leader of Vox has put on the bandage before the wound to try to close ranks around his figure: “They are going to try to divide us and confront us,” Abascal announced.
The conditional offer of Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s PP to agree on the anti-crisis decree is for the extreme right an example of to what extent the conservatives can become Pedro Sánchez’s “lifeline” in this hectic legislature, which is why Abascal, after this ” oxygen ball” for the president, predicts new “attacks” against Vox, this time with the PP and the PSOE going “hand in hand.”
This alleged division strategy, according to Abascal, will consist of “searching for currents and bringing to television anyone who decides to betray Vox’s approaches.”
