MADRID.- A month after the repeat election, King Philip VI assumed the delicate task of mediating between the Spanish political leaders in search of a solution institutional blockade that prevents from late December to form a stable government in Spain.
the weather is rarefied despite the strengthening of President Mariano Rajoy (People’s Party) in the elections of June 26. Unable to add solid allies, the conservative leader keeps the threat of rejecting an eventual request the monarch to appear before Congress to ask for the confidence of the majority.
Philip VI convened yesterday to 14 parties represented in House to a series of hearings to be held between Tuesday and Thursday next. Seeks to determine the specific support that could have Rajoy and, above all, the willingness of the latter to play their cards.
The functions of the King are limited and regulated by the Constitution, but he hopes to use his ability to arbitration to end the crisis, according to sources of the Palacio de la Zarzuela. A first gesture was Rajoy have given a week to advance negotiations before completing the formal round of consultations and decide whether or not entrusted the mission. “I want to rule and ask you to let me govern,” he insisted the acting president Tuesday in a message to his opponents.
Rajoy has 137 deputies, but needs 176 votes to be reelected president in a first vote or a simple majority in a second. No party access support. Liberal Citizens (C’s) announced their willingness to abstain, but its 32 seats are insufficient to break the blockade.
The key lies with the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), second force with 85 deputies. Its leader Pedro Sanchez insists he will vote no. The media, economic and political pressures are immense to accept abstain and let assume Rajoy. But the Socialists suggest that will not move at least while conservatives continue without adding allies.
The situation could change if, for example, C’s accept vote yes rather than abstain. Thus, Rajoy come to the investiture session with 169 votes out of 176 needed, leaving very little room for resistance PSOE.
The candidate C’s, Albert Rivera, reaffirmed by now his posture. This week agreed the appointment of Ana Pastor, maximum confidence of Rajoy, as president of Congress. It was in a secret ballot that ended with an unthinkable controversy, as the PP candidate won thanks to the abstention of the independence parties of Catalonia.
Rumors of a secret deal alarmed Rivera, a Catalan militant against separatism. “If it is found that the PP is agreeing with those who want to break Spain will vote not to Rajoy,” said Jose Manuel Villegas, deputy general secretary of C’s.
The king must deal with this knot of conflict and mistrust. Wait until Thursday to announce his decision after receiving one after another Rivera, Pablo Iglesias (leader of Podemos), Sanchez and Rajoy.
The Constitution does not provide for the hypothesis that any candidate accepts submitted to the investiture session. Rajoy already declined in January, when he was fewer deputies than now. What can you do if history repeats itself?
First of all, the king has a fundamental choice to make. One way is not to entrust the government to anyone. Thus paralysis can be extended without limits until the parties find a solution. Another is to give responsibility to Sanchez or another opponent, as it did in January. Thus, even if the candidate fails, he begins to run a two-month period ending in another call for elections. The third way, more discreet, is to exercise persuasion to force its leaders to present a consensus candidate able to pass the test. What you can not do is force anyone.
Rajoy hopes to use the time that gives the king to formalize an offer to C’s that allows you to change the abstention by a yes and step up pressure on the PSOE. His aspiration maxim is to form a government in the first week of August, but in his last statements begins to assume it could take much longer to find out of the maze.
King of Spain
the monarch had to assume the delicate task of mediating between the Spanish political leaders in search of a solution to the institutional impasse that since December suffers Spain; keep audiences between Tuesday and Thursday next
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