The King of Spain will convene the parties to form a government after August 17

Once the general elections have been held, which have left a situation of political deadlock in Spainthe king Felipe VI A round of consultations with the parties to form a government will begin after August 17.

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In the Spanish general elections this Sunday, the parties with the most votes, the conservative PP and the socialist PSOEThey did not obtain the necessary majority to govern and need support that seems unlikely.

According to Spanish constitutionto Felipe VI it is up to him to propose a candidate to submit to the investiture session once the meetings with the different formations have been completed.

The interviews with the representatives of the parties will take place after the establishment of the Congress and the Senate he next August 17, although they do not have an appraised date.

The usual thing is that the Spanish monarch summons the parties about two weeks after the new congress get going with the election of its president and the inauguration of the deputies, which would place the round at the end of August or beginning of September.

The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóowinner of the elections with 136 seats, announced after knowing the result at the polls that he is going to try to form a government although he does not reach an absolute majority (176) with the 33 deputies of the far-right formation Vox.

The acting President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezneither has an absolute majority guaranteed with the 122 seats of the PSOE, therefore, in addition to the votes of the left-wing coalition Addand those of the Catalan independentistas of ERC, and Basques (Bildu and PNV), his re-election would depend on the positioning of the seven seats of the Catalan secessionists of Junts.

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This training is led by the former president of the regional government of Catalonia Carles Puigdemontfugitive from Spanish Justice and resident in Brussels.

The scenario left by the elections does not clarify who could propose Felipe VI form government.

Article 99.1 of the Constitution Spanish is limited to pointing out that the king, “after consultation with the representatives designated by the political groups with parliamentary representation, and through the president of the Congresswill propose a candidate for the Presidency of the Government”.

In January 2016, an unprecedented situation occurred when the then Prime Minister and leader of the PP Mariano Rajoywhich had won 123 seats, declined the proposal to Felipe VI to try to form a government, forcing another round of interviews.

The name proposed by the head of the Spanish state He will submit to the investiture session, which will prosper if he achieves an absolute majority.

If you don’t reach it, there will be a new vote 48 hours later, in which only the simple majority will be accurate (more yes than no).

If the candidate fails, the king would convene a new round of consultations and a period of two months would be opened for another candidate to attempt the investiture, which if he failed, would lead the country to new general elections.

It will be the tenth round of consultations of Felipe VI in his nine years of reign, when his father, Juan Carlos Istarred in ten during the 38 years in which he was on the throne of Spain.

Source: Elcomercio

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