The candidate for Prime Minister of Spain, Alberto Núñez Figo, asked the leader of the Popular Party (PP, centre-right), Pedro Sánchez, acting head of government and Secretary General of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE, centre-left) which would make his inauguration possible so that he could govern for a period Two years, half a term.
In a meeting that lasted less than an hour and brought together the two leaders on Wednesday in the House of Representatives (Parliament) in Madrid, Figo justified his proposal that the pending reforms in the country should be implemented through six agreements. If the necessary support is not gathered to install the leader of the People’s Party, and later Sanchez, Spain will be forced to hold new elections within four months.
The candidate nominated by the King of Spain to try to form the government proposed the formation of an executive government of 15 ministries, but without the presence of the Socialists, and agreements in six areas: democratic renewal of institutions, the welfare state, economic recovery, family policies, and improvement. Public services and issues such as water and modifying the regional model. What is no less important is the presence of an executive authority that rejects “requests to hold a referendum on independence and amnesty submitted by the independence parties.”
In a press conference after the meeting, Figo stated that there were only two options after the July 23 elections, in which the PP was the party that received the most votes but did not obtain a sufficient majority to govern: a two-year agreement between the PP and the PP. PP and PSOE or that “Spanish rule remains in the hands of separatists whose proposals are known to deepen inequality among some Spaniards.”
The leader of the People’s Party hinted at Sanchez’s rejection of his proposed agreement. The current Prime Minister has yet to speak publicly, addressing the SWP’s national headquarters after the meeting.
Socialist sources reported by Spanish media revealed that Sanchez proposed to Figo a commitment to renewing the General Council of the Judiciary before next December 31, whoever becomes prime minister.
Thus Figo began the round of contacts with the aim of obtaining the support of the four votes of representatives he needs for his position scheduled for September 26 and 27.
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