Ciudadanos Elche has been in constant uncertainty for three weeks. after announcing eva crucible At the ordinary general assembly on February 27, he left his minutes and said that he left after being expelled from the political formation where he was number 2. Eduardo Garcia-Ontiveros, the mayor of four years ago (and now facing 28M) and the “municipal group” that will later become the sole councilor and thus a spokesperson, do not know very well what to expect. And more than anything, because at least this Monday morning, the person who led the line-up for these four years still hasn’t submitted the minutes as announced, three weeks later.
Of course, Crisol is no longer “the old Ciudadanos”.endure“Two months left until the deadline for the municipal elections.
But there’s more: Crisol’s continuation as mayor is not ruled out, but in the independents group, where his former floor mate Eduardo García-Ontiveros has been for almost four years. Therefore, we were able to participate in a change of seats at the next plenary sessions: it was García-Ontiveros who was first kicked out of Cs and continued to form the non-member group, and now, As they suspected in csAfter the latter’s re-admission in CS, it could be Crisol, who has already left Ciudadanos, who will finally choose not to relinquish his position as councilor and sit in the opposite row in the unaffiliated seat.
Cs sources show it was last week withdrawn from the party That Eva Crisol and currently the political establishment will report the same to the secretary of the Elche City Council. Thus, in principle, spokesman 100% of the C’s municipal group could already go from Crisol to García-Ontiveros.
What is certain is that García-Ontiveros still held hostage by the Cruciblebecause until he officially leaves the Cs group in the City Council, he will remain the one who decides the group, retaining the spokesperson and able to prevent the appointment of a counselor or counselor designated by García-Ontiveros.
“Citizens didn’t ask me for a report either,” Eva Crisol said on Monday. handed over the keys to the office last week Tablet and business phone as mayor as well as municipality Cs group.
Concerning the delivery of the parliamentary minutes, Crisol only hints that “things should be well settled” and, above all, emphasizes that he will not return to politics. “I will not continue in politics in any way.Nor will I enter any list of any other party.”
Eva Crisol assures that she is currently not blocking anything, no projects, neither the C’s nor the City Council, and at least this morning she remembers that her old party no longer notified the City Council secretary that she was no longer there. a Cs militant and therefore the future of the municipal Cs group is not in their hands.
García-Ontiveros, on the other hand, argues that the Cs group works “in a completely normal way, contributing to offers.” Focused on working for citizens. Everything else is outside noise.”
Meanwhile, sources close to Crisol state that after the announcement of Crisol’s departure from the action, the City Council, for example, rushed to withdraw the group’s postings or third parties maneuvered to block affiliates on social networks and even removed Crisol from the group. municipal website, but the same sources say they later reinstated him as he was still a councilor.
The councilor insists he will work until the end of his term and says that as mayor, it is planned to know the composition of the councillors. Other people to accompany you on the municipal list in mid-April.
When asked if he had problems integrating this list, García-Ontiveros said he was the opposite, finding relevant people and even Former members of Cs They showed their willingness to participate in the project again.
Eduardo García-Ontiveros recalls that regardless of the current status of his party at Elche and the configuration of the roster, Cs remains a “central” project and He predicts what will happen if Ciudadanos happens It is no accident that it is a fundamental force: “Here (for Elche) the extreme right or the extreme left will prevail. The only political option that can avoid it is Cs.”