If there is a candidate, the investiture debate will take place on June 25 and 26. However, Parliament’s executive board is considering the possibility of introducing an equivalent law to activate the two-month timer until the elections.
The President of the Parliament of Catalonia, Josep Rull, will start this Tuesday round of contacts with factions –which will last until Wednesday– to nominate a candidate for a final investiture during a plenary session on 25 June.
Specifically, Rull will meet with PP, Vox and Comuns in the morning, and with the mixed group —CUP and Aliança Catalana separately— in the afternoon; According to parliamentary sources, this will happen on Wednesday with PSC, Junts and ERC.
Salvador Illa (PSC) and Carles Puigdemont (Junts) They announced their intention to stand as candidates after the Catalan elections on May 12. At this point, however, neither has sufficient support for the investiture. In recent hours, Illa has announced that he will ask Rull for “more time” to be able to formulate a “progressive majority” with ERC and En Comu that will allow his appointment as the next president of the Generalitat.
Based on the meetings with the parliamentary groups and the willingness to submit a candidacy expressed by the groups, the President of Parliament will decide on the same Wednesday and communicate to the Vice-Presidents of the Chamber who he will formally proposes to run for the inauguration. for the presidency of the Generalitat.
If several candidates declare their willingness to stand as candidates in the contact rounds, the support that each of the candidates has will prevail.
If there is a candidate, the investiture debate will take place on June 25 and 26.
However, the College takes into account all scenarios, including the possibility of presenting an equivalent law if there is no candidate that is proposed for the investiture or gather the necessary support; This means that the two-month timer will be activated until the elections are called without the plenary having voted for a candidate.
Source: EITB
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