Pedro Sánchez has also gone to Felipe VI’s office and only Alberto Núñez Feijóo remains to inform the monarch. After the round of contacts, the king will decide whether to nominate a candidate for the presidency of the Spanish government.
The King of Spain has Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) and Santiago Abascal (vox) in its round of contacts with the political parties for the investiture. Alberto Nuñez Feijoo (PP) will be the next and last to pass the Zarzuela office.
The far-right leader Felipe VI has said he is prepared to do so support Feijoo if he is a candidate, even if he has “conditioned“that” the PP is not cooperating in any way with the sanitary cordon that will be transferred to Vox” and that it publicly supports its coalitions with Vox.
In addition, Abascal has reiterated his concern that the independentistas, “the heirs of terrorism” and even “a fugitive” like Carles Puigdemont, are beginning to condition Spanish politics, believing them to be “the greatest danger” to Spain . , a “threat” he attributes to Sánchez.
The PSOE leader was next to pass through the King’s office. He is expected to make statements later in Moncloa.
Sumar, PNV, CC and UPN inform the king
Yesterday, on the first day of the meetings, Yolanda Díaz (Add) the king conveyed his intention to support the investiture of a possible socialist candidate. Aitor Esteban (GDP) also met with the king, although he made no statements. This morning he made it clear on Radio Euskadi that Sánchez still has no jeltzale support.
Cristina Valido (Canarian Coalition) and Javier Esparza (UPN), for their part, informed the monarch of their support for Feijóo, although the island representative is ready to support Sánchez if he supports the “Canarian agenda”.
EH Bildu, CKD, together And BNG They have refused to meet the king to report their position on the investiture.
The king will nominate a candidate or repeat the talks
Once the intentions of the parties are known, the head of the Spanish state will nominate a candidate for the prime minister. For the first time, the leaders of two groups in Congress have shown willingness to present themselves for the inauguration: Feijóo and Sánchez.
If he decides not to nominate anyone after the first round, the king may issue a new round of contact days later.
The candidate proposed by the head of state will appear for the inauguration. The date of the session in the Congress of Deputies is agreed upon by the candidate herself and by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Francina Armengol. He would need an absolute majority on the first ballot. If that fails, a new vote will take place 48 hours later, requiring only a simple majority, ie more votes in favor than against.
Likewise, this final vote would determine the possible date for the rerun of the election if the candidate is not sworn in as president. If the plenary inauguration took place in the first half of September, the election would be held between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Source: EITB
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