A tense week on the political scene in Spain

After yesterday’s event in Madrid that gathered about 50 thousand people, according to the organizers, the conservatives of the Popular Party, led by Alberto Nunez Viejo, are preparing to promote a presidential inauguration in the Chamber of Deputies.

Doomed to failure, according to local analysts’ predictions, the idea of ​​the People’s Party, along with its far-right partner Vox, seems to be proposing to consolidate itself as a viable alternative to the progressive left-wing coalition led by the People’s Party. Socialist Pedro Sanchez.

The demonstration promoted by the People’s Party against the amnesty in Catalonia, with the enthusiastic support of former governor José María Aznar, and the influence of two former leading socialists (Felipe González and Alfonso Guerra), was a disaster for this autonomous community.

It was not long before the harshest and most pointed condemnations came from key figures in important Catalan parties and the leaders of the Esquerra Republica, the socialists of that region, the junta and the municipalities.

Trying to get rid of uncomfortable questions in the space of La Hora de la 1, on TVE, the spokeswoman for the federal executive of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) and acting Minister of Education, Pilar Alegría, emphasized that it will first be necessary to respect the inauguration sessions.

Discussions begin on Tuesday over Núñez Viejo’s bid to secure the 176 seats needed to be sworn in as the future head of Spain’s government. Wednesday will be the first vote requiring an absolute majority.

If this does not happen, as expected, a second vote will be held next Friday, which this time will be decided by a simple majority.

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Spokeswoman Pilar Alegría, who accepted the assumption that King Felipe VI is inviting the current acting head of the executive, Pedro Sánchez, to try to reach a government, spoke in favor of closing negotiations on support as soon as possible.

The owner said that Spain lost a month in this waiting period for the plenary session for the inauguration of Nunez Viejo, without being able to gather sufficient support.

“There are situations that must be responded to. It is important that our country can regain the ability to govern or regain the ability to govern as soon as possible. We have been paralyzed for a month,” he noted.

Regarding the thorny issue of the final pardon of the leaders of the procés (supporters of independence in Catalonia), he stressed the importance of having an inauguration and said it was the desire of the PSOE to give “continuity to the policy of reunification and dialogue”.

He added: “This includes making decisions in favor of reunification and coexistence.”

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