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The Spanish king will choose a candidate to form a government in mid-August

  • July 24, 2023
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As soon as the general elections are held, which have left the situation in a political stalemate in Spain, King Felipe VI will initiate a round of consultations

The Spanish king will choose a candidate to form a government in mid-August

As soon as the general elections are held, which have left the situation in a political stalemate in Spain, King Felipe VI will initiate a round of consultations with parties to form a government.

In this Sunday’s Spanish general election, the parties with the most votes, the conservative PP and the socialist PSOE, they did not get the necessary majority to govern and they need support that seems unlikely.

According to the Spanish Constitution, Felipe VI must propose a candidate. submit to the investment session after the completion of meetings with various formations.

Interviews will be held with representatives of the party after the Congress and the Senate are formed on August 17, although they do not have an estimated date.

It is common that the Spanish monarch call the parties in about two weeks before the new Congress begins with the election of its president and the inauguration of deputies, which means that the round will take place in late August or early September.

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PP leader, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, who won the election with 136 seats, After learning the results of the polls, he announced that he was going to try to form a government, although he did not gain an absolute majority (176) with 33 deputies from the far-right Vox formation.

Acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez also does not guarantee an absolute majority with 122 seats in the PSOE.Thus, in addition to the votes of Sumar’s left-wing coalition and the Catalan independents of the ERC and the Basques (Bildu and PNV), his re-election will depend on the location of the seven seats of the Catalan separatist Junts.

This formation is headed by the former president of the regional government of Catalonia, Carlos Puigdemont, hiding from Spanish justice and living in Brussels.

The scenario left behind by the elections It is not specified to whom Felipe VI could propose. form a government.

Article 99.1 of the Spanish Constitution is limited to stating that the King “after consultation with representatives appointed by political groups with parliamentary representation, and through the President of the Congress, will nominate a candidate for the post of Prime Minister.

In January 2016, an unprecedented situation occurred when the then prime minister and leader of the PP Mariano Rajoy, who received 123 seats, rejected Felipe VI’s offer. try to form a government, forcing another round of interviews.

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Name proposed by the Spanish head of state there will be an investment session, that it will prosper if it gets an absolute majority.

If you don’t reach it in 48 hours there will be a new vote, in which only a simple majority will be accurate (more likely than not).

If the candidate fails, the king will call a new round of consultations and for the other candidate, a two-month period will be open for an attempt at investiture, which, if unsuccessful, will lead the country to a new general election.

This will be Philip VI’s tenth round of consultations in the nine years of his reign.when his father, Juan Carlos I, starred in the top ten for the 38 years he was on the throne of Spain.

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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