De Andrés said it was a "proposal" from the National Directorate to change the direction of the Bizkaia PP

The president of the Basque PP, Javier de Andrés, has stated that the decision to replace the leadership of the Bizkaia People's Partyresponds to "a proposal by the National Directorate" and aims to "improve capacity".

De Andrés, in statements to the media at the Festival de la Vintage de la Rioja Alavesa in Leza, referred to the announcement made on Saturday by the president of the Bizkaia PP, Raquel González, and the general secretary of the party, Eduardo Andrade, to "facilitate a change of direction" .

the leader of the Basque PP has pointed out that the proposal of the transitional committee in Bizkaia is based on the National Committee, an issue that will be discussed by the National Committee next Monday.

Having stated that the proposal will be adopted 'by consensus', he has indicated that this amendment must be 'good for Bizkaia'.
   
"We have a very important challenge and we have to be very demanding of ourselves; and this decision is in line with improving the structures and capacity of the party to meet the important challenge we face," he added.