Spain conservatives pick new leade after fall of Rajoy

July 21, 2018 09:37

Spain's conservatives will pick a new leader today after ex-prime minister Mariano Rajoy was ousted, with his former right-hand woman Soraya Saenz de Santamaria vying against 37-year-old Pablo Casado, who would take the Popular Party further right.

3,082 delegates will be casting their ballot in Madrid for the successor of Rajoy, who spoke for the last time as PP leader yesterday.

The delegates have a choice between Saenz de Santamaria, 47, who for six-and-a-half years was deputy prime minister, and Casado, a lawmaker who has promised 'hope' with a generational revamp of the party and a step further to the political right.

Both were voted through a first round of unprecedented primaries at the PP. Saturday's victor could become Spain's next prime minister if the PP wins general elections planned for 2020 at the latest. -- Agencies

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