Overview
- Starting work on Friday, the new caretaker team outlined a provisional remit to steady the organization, coordinate political activity and prepare an extraordinary congress that returns choices to the membership.
- Quintana said the PP, as the election winner, must find its own partners and he will attend any meeting called, adding that the PSOE will not offer an abstention and calling such a request from María Guardiola a failure.
- Ferraz installed the commission on December 24 after Miguel Ángel Gallardo resigned, naming José Luis Quintana as president and eight members to run day-to-day operations and act as the party’s interlocutor in investiture contacts.
- Party rules allow up to 90 days for internal reorganization, a window that overlaps with a reported April 20 deadline to form a government in Extremadura or go to a repeat election.
- Spanish media say the appointments reflect strong federal oversight and reduce traction for internal proposals to ease a PP investiture through PSOE abstention, while figures such as Álvaro Sánchez Cotrina and Blanca Martín are being discussed as future leadership options.