The ‘popular’ would use their majority in the Lower House to guarantee the appearance of the acting Foreign Minister
MADRID, 10 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The PP, with a majority in the Senate, will force the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, to appear in the Upper House to give an account of the Government’s position after the attack by the terrorist group Hamas in Israel last Sunday, if it does not finally do so in Congress.
This was explained in a press conference by the first vice president of the chamber, the ‘popular’ Javier Maroto, who explained that at the Board of Spokespersons next week it will be decided on what date the head of diplomacy will have to appear. Spanish, all hours after his party has demanded his declaration in Congress.
Maroto has stated that in Congress it could be the case that the Board of Spokespersons does not consider Albares’s statement adequate, so the PP, with its majority in the Upper House, can force him to explain the Executive’s position in regarding the Hamas terrorist attack in Israeli territory. In the event that the Minister of Foreign Affairs does speak definitively in the Lower House, this second request could be withdrawn.
In this sense, he has highlighted the importance of the Executive giving explanations given the “repercussion that the situation in the Gaza Strip may have for all of us” for “stability”, in a similar way to what happened after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. . “The Government of Spain should have a unified position and make that position known to the chambers,” he concluded.
Maroto has also announced that, at the request of the Plural Group and specifically Junts, the appearance in the Senate of the acting Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, has been requested. She will do so in relation to the situation of Renfe commuter rail services in Catalonia, also known as Rodalies.
In addition, he has announced that the Lower House will hold two plenary sessions in the month of December on the 12th and 13th and 19th and 20th. This decision, as specified by the vice president of the institution, is taken in anticipation that the 15th legislature could start in the month of November, and has “no political message.”
