Once the Congress and Senate are assembled, a period opens for the various parties to ask to form a parliamentary group. The second step towards the inauguration will be taken by the king, with his round of deliberations. Armengol will meet with the head of state at 10:30 am.
Elected the presidents of the Congress and the Senateas well as the Boards of both chambers, now opens an uncertain calendar, in which the king will have a leading roleas it has the constitutional mission of nominating a candidate for inauguration after speaking with the spokespersons of the formations with representation in Congress.
The President of Congress, Francina Armengolwill go to the Palacio de La Zarzuela today inform the head of state of the statutes of the Chamber. In this way, the king can organize the round of consultations with the parties. Armengol will be received at 10:30and then he will return to Congress to hold the first meeting of the Bureau.
However, before the inaugural debate, for which there is no date, is a period of five days for the various parties to ask parliamentary group. Then comes the consultation round of Felipe VI, an appointment that usually took place a week or two later of the Constitution of the Cortes. Traditionally, there are parties that refuse to meet the monarch, such as EH Bildu And CKDwho has already announced that he will not be present this time either.
Both the leader of the PP, Alberto Nunez Feijooas Acting President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sanchezhave expressed their willingness to submit to the investiture, although for now neither has made the agreements to secure a sufficient majority.
It is true that a priori Sanchez has more optionsafter the agreement reached with ERC and Junts for the Congress tablepact to be extended to investiture.
The name proposed by the head of state will be submitted to the investiture session, which will pass if it secures an absolute majority in Congress. Failing that, there will be another vote 48 hours later, requiring only a simple majority, i.e.: more votes for than against.
The date of that vote in turn determines that of a hypothetical electoral recurrence in case none of the candidates managed to get invested. If this investiture session is held in the first half of September, the new appointment will be with the polls It would coincide with the Christmas and New Year holidays.
What possibilities are there to form a group?
Congress rules state that political parties can be founded as a group. with more than 15 seats or those who, with a minimum of 5, more than 5% of the vote statewide or 15% in the electoral districts in which they participated.
Because of the first of the requirements, they have an insured group in this new legislature PP, PSOE, Vox and Sumar, while for the second EH Bildu And GDP.
In principle, they do not meet the requirements neither ERC nor Junts because, although they have more than five deputies, don’t get the 15% demanded in some of the constituencies in which they have agreed in Catalonia.
However, the new Table of Congress, in which the left has a majority thanks to the votes of ERC and Juntsis sovereign to interpret the regulations and allow the formation of parliamentary groups that do not meet any of the minimum requirements.
Source: EITB
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