PSOE fine to deputies wayward € 600 for his ‘no’ to Rajoy – Hispan TV (press Release)

The PSOE passed the Wednesday to the members who voted against the investiture of Mariano Rajoy with a fine of €600, as foreseen initially.

the steering Committee of The Spanish Socialist workers Party (PSOE) in the Congress, has implemented the maximum fine for members who broke the discipline of vote in the investiture of Mariano Rajoy, and, heedless of his allegations, has imposed on them a penalty 600 € , a decision that some of the affected will turn to, according to sources socialists.

mps –six of the PSOE, seven of the PSC (Party of the Socialists of Catalonia) and two independent– received the written notice is served the penalty, as stated in the document, "from" having "proven its sense other than" the date fixed by the resolution of the Federal Committee socialist of October 23, over the investiture of Rajoy.

In its allegations, the deputies explained that they voted against for “reasons of conscience” and were convinced that I was attending to in article 67.2 of the Constitution, which stipulates that the members of the General Courts are not bound by imperative mandate.

The socialist deputies, alleging that they maintained their ‘no’ for the commitment it made in two election campaigns, so that your vote “it was an exercise of responsibility and consistency.” in Addition, they added that that decision had not caused “any harm to the PSOE”.

The 15 members of 'no' assumed they would impose this fine, and were only waiting for the moment in which they were notified, because they considered that the steering committee had already made the decision.

After this letter, took place the reorganization of the Socialist Group, in which some of the deputies of the ‘not’ were displaced from their commissions, however they have made clear their willingness to continue working in the bosom of the Socialist Parliamentary Group.

on The 29th of October, Rajoy’s Popular Party (PP) was inaugurated president of the Government, with 170 votes in favour, 111 against and 68 abstentions after 315 days of interim policy, the holding of two elections that gave no absolute majority to any party, and of the disagreements among the parties to form a government.

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