Ciudadanos candidate Rafael Perez Borda resigns: Latest update and search for replacement candidate

It is the second abandonment in the ranks of the liberals in a week

Rafael Pérez Borda, first deputy mayor in Guadalajara.

The current Ciudadanos candidate for the municipal elections on May 28 for the Guadalajara city council, Rafael Perez Borda he has just resigned to head the electoral list of his party.

Although Pérez Borda fIt was confirmed by the regional president of the party, Carmen Picazo, on February 7, 2023, He has finally decided to disassociate himself from the project.

As our digital has learned, Borda had been evaluating this possibility for several days and it has been in the last few hours when he has confirmed that decision that he has made public through his social networks, without explaining the reasons for making that decision. He only points out that “The time has come to put an end to a stage in which I have learned a lot, I have tried to give my best and, after these four years, I think it is time to contribute to society from areas other than politics “.

Rafael Pérez Borda, came to politics with the local elections of 2019. The three councilors who obtained the then ‘orange formation’ they favored a coalition with the PSOE of the capital and run the consistory together with the current mayor Alberto Rojo. The other possibility would have been a tripartite government PP, CS and Vox, which was never put on the table.

Announcement made by Pérez Borda/ Facebook

Looking for new candidate

Contacted with CS, the communication department points out that the party is already looking for a new candidate. A decision that is in a hurry because the presentation of candidacies in the Zone Electoral Board begins at 00:00 on April 19 and ends at 00:00 on April 24. Therefore, heThe decision has to be made in the next few days. If there is no list, the Cs brand would disappear from the electoral landscape in the capital Guadalajara, coinciding with the galloping crisis that this party is suffering at the national level.

Ciudadanos removed three councilors in Guadalajara in 2019, who were decisive, and 1 deputy in the CLM Cortes, a seat that was initially held by Alejandro Ruiz, the previous head of CS in Guadalajara, but who also left this party in March 2021 alleging strong discrepancies with the regional direction of the oranges.