More information
He King Felipe VI begins the round of consultations with the different parties that have representation in the Congress of Deputies to be able to choose a candidate to appear at the investiture session.
He did not want to delay the process any longer, so His Majesty began the round of consultations after the constitution of the chambers last Thursday.
From these conversations with the different formations, he will determine if there is a candidate who has the possibility of forming a government.
Casa Real has reported that today he will receive the Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN) at 10:30 a.m., at 12:00 a.m. the Canary Islands Coalition (CC); at 4:00 p.m. to the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and at 5:30 p.m. he will receive Sumar.
Tomorrow will continue the meetings with the formations and especially, with the two top contenders: Alberto Núñez Feijóo y Pedro Sanchez.
On Tuesday, His Majesty will first receive Santiago Abascal and VOX, at 10:30; Later he will meet with the acting president, Pedro Sanchez and to the PSOE at 12:00, and to the winner of the elections, Alberto Núñez Feijóo and the Popular Party, at 4:00 p.m.
The pro-independence parties and preferred partners of Pedro Sánchez, and those they depend on to continue governing, will stand up to the King. As usual, Bildu, ERC and Junts have warned that they will not participate in the round of contacts with his Majesty.
After the meetings, Felipe VI must propose to the president of the Congress, Francina Armengola candidate to lead the investiture session.
The King has control at this stage of the electoral calendar to determine the candidate. He can lengthen the round of contacts. However, and despite the uncertainty that this process has marked due to the tight result after the 23J elections.
However, Felipe VI understands that Spain is neither interested in nor benefits from instability, so the logical thing to do is to try to shorten this stage as much as possible and it is expected that it will not take long to call the investiture, despite the fact that both the president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and the socialist candidate, Pedro Sánchez, have affirmed that they will appear for the investiture if they are appointed by the king.
If the round of contacts were fast, there could be a candidate before the end of August or already in the first days of September.
As a reference, in the 2019 elections, a month and three days elapsed from the constitution of the Cortes until the investiture of Pedro Sánchez.
investiture session
Once the candidate has been appointed, he presents himself to the investiture session. At this time, the Congress of Deputies has two months to elect the president, so before October we could find out who will lead the XV Legislature.
If the same deadlines are met as in the last elections, we would be talking that in the third week of September there would be an inaugurated president. But in case of a failed investiture, it lasts three days.
In case of not obtaining the necessary votes, at the beginning of November the Cortes should be dissolved. If this happens, a period of 47 days opens in which the electoral repetition should be held. This opens the door to the possibility that the elections fall on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve, since elections are normally held on a Sunday.
2023-08-21 06:43:55
#Felipe #begins #consultations #today #choose #Pedro #Sánchez #Núñez #Feijóo
