Leader of the conservative Spanish People’s Party (PP). Alberto Nunez Feijoo, he lost the first investment vote this Wednesday in the Congress of Deputies with 178 votes against and 172 votes in favor.

Galician politician failed to gain enough support to get 176 votes that he needed to rule Spain.

The PP was the party with the most votes in the general elections on 23 July, with 137 MPs, but need support from other groups House of Representatives to contact the government.

However, after 35 days of negotiations and negotiations, since the king nominated Nunez Feijoo as a candidate, He was supported only by the far-right party Vox, with 33 MPs. plus two more from different regionalist groups, for a total of 172 votes in favor.

The remaining parties, a total of 178 deputies, They announced their negative vote.

With these numbers The investiture of the PP leader was doomed to failure. except for the huge surprise that will occur if at least four MPs from the parties that declared “no” vote in favor or abstain.

On Tuesday, the first day of the investment debate, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, He focused his speech on a possible amnesty. that Spain’s current chief executive, socialist Pedro Sánchez, will reach an agreement with Catalan independents to secure their support in the event he decides to extend his mandate.

After Feijoo’s intervention, which lasted an hour and a half, the Socialist Party (PSOE) reacted next, but the silence of Sánchez, who delegated his intervention to Deputy Oscar Puente, This intensified the debate and irritated the popular candidate, who focused much of his criticism on the Socialist leader and accused him of “blowing up” the session.

If the result is negative, There will be a new vote on Friday the 29th. and if the candidate again fails to receive the necessary support, this time with more yeses than nos, the investment is rejected.

From there, Monarch opens new consultation period before entrusting the investment to the candidate again. At the same time, Sanchez, whose party won 121 seats, has already said that he will demonstrate to the king his readiness to run, believing that he can get the necessary support from other parties.

(according to information from EFE And Aristegui News)