MADRID, 22 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
In the legislative elections this Saturday in Australia, the Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, has been chosen as the new Prime Minister and will be sworn in on Monday.
Albanese has explained that on Monday he will be sworn in along with four other people to cover all the ministerial portfolios.
The prime minister elected from his party’s headquarters in Sydney has confirmed that he will accept the mandate to become the country’s 31st prime minister.
“Tonight, the Australian people have voted for change. I am honored by this victory and I am honored to have this opportunity to serve,” said Albanese, before assuring that the main mission of his government team will be to unite to the Australians.
“Every parent wants more for the next generation than they ever had and I hope my journey in life inspires Australians to reach for the stars,” he said.
One of the sections that has distinguished the proposal of his Labor Party in the campaign is that of foreign policy. Albanese has vowed to rebuild fraying relations with France, whom Morrison angered by canceling a $90 billion submarine deal in favor of the so-called “AUKUS security pact” with the United States and Britain.
In fact, and already in the chapter of international reactions, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, has been the first foreign leader to congratulate Albanese on his victory.
“Our countries have a long history and a bright future together. As prosperous, like-minded democracies, we work every day to make the world a better, safer, greener and more prosperous place,” he said in a statement.
“As we reap the rewards of our comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, the AUKUS partnership and the unrivaled closeness between the British and Australian people, we do so knowing that the only distance between us is geographical,” he added.
At this time, and with 67 percent of the votes counted, the Australian Labor Party, led by Albanese, has 71 seats, five away from obtaining the necessary majority of 76, but well ahead in any case of Morrison’s Liberal Party, which collects for now 52 seats.
For his part, the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, has accepted the defeat of his Liberal party in the legislative elections and has confirmed that he has called Albanese to congratulate him on the result, the result of “the verdict of the Australians”, he has made know during his final speech.
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