Mariano Rajoy was re-elect – The Radio Sunday

In that case there is a second chance after 48 hours (sabbath October 29) in that you need only a simple majority (more votes in favour than against), so that as announced by the PSOE is in that which is not, and that will allow Rajoy the formation of the government.

At the end of the “face to face” Rajoy with representatives of the arc-partisan, will be held the first ballot for which you need to at least 176 votes (half plus one of the Congress) that do not have the count up to now with 170 backups. The rest rejected the candidacy of a politician, winner of the elections held in December and June. These add up to a total of 170 deputies and do not reach the absolute majority of a camera formed by 350 members.

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The chairman-in-office of the Spanish government, Mariano Rajoy, will appear today before the Congress to stand for re-election, in a session of investiture in which it is presumed will be victorious and that will unlock the political situation in Spain, after nearly a year of institutional paralysis. Fernandez reported to the king the posture of the party to refrain, in the second round, a decision that caused between the socialist a division unprecedented.

The PSOE, the party that more time has governed in the Spanish democracy, is sharply divided from its Federal Committee took the decision to allow a government Rajoy after block in the previous investiture failed.

Pedro Sanchez, leader of the PSOE in the past two years and defended voting against Rajoy, resigned today to his seat to not have to avoid after leaving the secretariat-general last day 1. Sanchez attended the debate yesterday and, from his seat as deputy, he listened unmoved to the speeches of different political leaders in favor of or against the candidate.

The process of investiture will resume this Thursday from 9 in the morning (Local Time) when the president of the Congress, Ana Pastor gave the word to Mariano Rajoy. In their interventions, has avoided criticism of direct-to – PSOE and, as it begins to be usual, has deployed all its mockery and irony parliamentary in their face-to-face with the leader of we Can, Pablo Churches, one of the moments more vivid of the debate.

however, the deputies We have returned to the floor moments before the beginning of voting. And is that the strong fragmentation of the Camera promises an Executive is not exempt of difficulties for the conservative.

In protest over the appointment as chairman of a politician who identifies with cuts and social corruption, various movements will surround the Congress in a demonstration with the sympathising parties United Left and we Can.