MADRID (Reuters) – the leadership of the PSOE prompted the postponement of next Federal party Congress until a government is formed in Spain, said Monday the socialist formation in a statement, a delay that would eliminate internal pressure its leader, Pedro Sanchez, as he tries to form a new government.
“the direction of the PSOE has agreed to the advisability of this postponement to help facilitate the process of forming a government of change that leads the Socialist Party, giving priority to the political and institutional calendar above organic, “said the PSOE on its website.
The Socialist Party allied with the regeneracionista party Citizens to try to form government but it was rejected by a fragmented Congress of Deputies to the investiture as Prime Minister Sanchez earlier this month.
Under the legislation, political parties have two months from the session failed investiture to try to form government before new elections are automatically convened, what would happen in early May .
The PSOE had initially planned to hold in mid-May 1st Federal Congress choose secretary general in which the leadership of Sanchez could be challenged by the Andalusian president Susana Diaz, a heavyweight of the game.
with the initial timetable, negotiations to form government coincide with the process of submitting applications to the general secretariat of the PSOE, which would complicate the negotiating position of Sanchez.
in its statement, the PSOE said that after finding a “broad consensus in the set party “about the delay of Congress, the address is officially propose to the Federal Committee on Saturday.
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