Philip VI restart political dialogue with awnings in Spain – El Universal (Venezuela)

Madrid .- King Philip VI proceedings resumed on Monday to start a new process of consultation to propose a candidate to be submitted to the inauguration of Spanish chief executive, in a scenario marked by uncertainty and the lack of a clear contender.

The Congress President Patxi Lopez met with the monarch to provide the list of party leaders in the House after the failed round of talks last week, in which the Prime Minister in office Mariano Rajoy, King declined the proposal, after finding that is not supported to be invested, Efe reported.

The new round of consultations will begin this Wednesday, January 27, with no set end date.

Since the resignation of the leader of the Popular Party (PP), who said he only withdrew from the presidential race “for now”, all eyes are set on the leader of the opposition, the Socialist Pedro Sanchez .

The socialist leader began this weekend-and will continue in the coming days, a first making contact with the opposition parties, in order to gather parliamentary support to move forward his candidacy.

Despite these movements, socialists believe that the responsibility of forming a government is for the PP of Rajoy in the first instance, as the most voted list.

César Luena, number two Spanish Socialist Workers Party, warned yesterday that they are not willing to take over the presidency “at any price” in the PSOE, and the preference of your awning is to rule “alone” rather than coalition.

Both messages were addressed to Podemos, whose objective is, as noted King last in the first round of consultations week to form a government in coalition with Socialists on their leader would be vice president of an executive-led by the PSOE, with 50% distribution of ministries, including the plurinationality.

Despite the ideological proximity, differences in territorial matters between socialists and which advocates can hold a referendum on the independence of Catalonia, it is one of the major stumbling blocks when it comes to achieving a agreement.

Pablo Iglesias warned that we “do not believe in the way” of Sanchez’s investiture vote “without entering the government,” noting that there covenant is “essential” a composition of the government “proportional “the electoral result.