After four months of negotiations failed to elect the government in Spain and the deadline for the presidential inauguration, King Philip VI signed the decree dissolving the Parliament today and convene new elections for the next 26 June.
As mandated by law, and with the endorsement of the Congress president, Patxi Lopez, the king will be responsible for calling elections and give the opinion to the constitution of the Assembly, which must . done in the 25 days after the election
this time the event will take place in an environment marked by the exchange of accusations between the four main parties in Spain: Citizens, PSOE, Partido Popular and Podemos.
the president of the Popular Party, Mariano Rajoy, and the leader of Citizens, Albert Rivera, urged yesterday the candidate of the PSOE, Pedro Sanchez, not to begin the campaign with the same vetoes that have forced repeat elections.
“what has happened in these four months can not happen again. Vetoes are bad for democracy and our party has been banned, “Rajoy said. However, Sanchez maintains its position not agree with the PP, because the PSOE is “a radically different game.”
In a note of El País , of Spain, the liberal Rivera showed willingness to continue his pact with the PP ahead of the elections on June 26. However, he warned not agree with the permanence of Rajoy as head of government: “You should assume political responsibility for the corruption of his party and make way for a new round of leaders regenerate the party”, while he stressed the importance of reaching agreements between different political groups.
Pablo Iglesias, secretary general of Podemos, called on the socialists “tone down” and said that if his party wins the next election will ask the PSOE enter in government “an ally”.
in the electoral event last Dec. 20 the PP, center-right won the legislative with 123 seats, followed by the socialist PSOE with 90. the left we got 69 representatives Citizens and liberals 40, a deal in which the parliamentary arithmetic pact requires more than two formations. The election race will start June 10 and end on June 24. Spanish vote may request mail from today, while 13 May is the deadline for parties to communicate if they are in coalition. Applications may be submitted until May 23.
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