He criticizes that Sánchez does not “assume” the defeat or has congratulated the PP and remembers that Feijóo can be invested with a simple majority
MADRID, 27 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, has assured this Thursday that the leader of her party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo “does not give up leading a Government in Spain” because he is the winner of the elections and can be invested with a “simple majority” . That said, she has asked the PSOE led by Pedro Sánchez to abstain in the investiture vote and has stressed that the Socialists should “put their shoulders together” because the scenario is an investiture with Feijóo “or the blockade”.
“To be sworn in as President of the Government, you can be sworn in with an absolute majority and you can be sworn in with a simple majority. Both possibilities fit and that is also important to put on the table,” Gamarra said in an interview on Antena 3 , which has been collected by Europa Press.
The ‘number two’ of the Popular party has defended an investiture of Alberto Núñez Feijóo so that the country “works” because, as he has insisted, the alternative of the “loser” would be the repetition of elections or a “failed” government and “paralysis “.
“It is going to be placed in the hands of Bildu, a fugitive from Justice and independentistas to pay any price, which would block the functioning of our country,” he stressed, to accuse the PSOE of wanting to rely on those ” They don’t believe in Spain” and pretend to go towards a “failed” government and “absolute paralysis”.
When asked if the PP would assess, in the event that Feijóo does not achieve a majority to be sworn in, abstaining so that Sánchez would be the one to take the reins and not depend on independentistas, Gamarra recalled that it is the PP who has won the general elections and “that of course” should come from the second political force. “Therefore, who should consider this abstention is the Socialist Party”, she asserted, to emphasize that this is the “logic” and “the unwritten rules of the functioning of a democracy” like the Spanish one.
“And we must not forget either that between the sum of the two big parties there are more than 258 votes. We are talking about 258 seats out of 350,” he stated, to highlight that with this parliamentary “strength” of the “two great forces”, The PSOE should not throw itself “in the hands of independentistas and Bildu” to achieve the investiture “at any price.”
At this point, Gamarra recalled that the independentistas speak of “amnesty” and “independence” and has alluded to the fact that the investiture of Pedro Sánchez would lead to a “blockade” in the functioning of the country. Having said this, he added that “we must not forget” the absolute majority of the PP in the Senate and that it governs in 12 autonomous communities, as well as many city councils and councils.
“This is the political map of our country. And what this requires is that the response take into account, from responsibility, that this political map must guarantee a governability that allows the country to function”, he stated, to reiterate that it is the PSOE who should think about abstaining with Feijóo, “especially if the support they may be thinking of goes through amnesties or referendums and issues such as independence, which are unfeasible, impossible and unconstitutional.”
In addition, he has indicated that to this we must add that this negotiation “cannot even be carried out in Spain” but in Waterloo, where the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont resides and leads Junts. “I believe that there are more than evident elements to think that what is reasonable, what gives moderation, what gives serenity and what is responsible is that the Popular Party leads that government”, he has abounded.
The general secretary of the PP has blamed Pedro Sánchez for not wanting to “collaborate” and has made it clear that Feijóo “is not going to give up leading the Government” to give the country “the best of alternatives” because “who should govern He has won the elections.”
After noting that it is the first time that a president of the Government stands for re-election “and loses”, the ‘number two’ of the ‘popular’ has reiterated that the leader of the PP has obtained 47 more seats in the general elections and it corresponds to him “leader the governance of Spain”. Although he has admitted that the arithmetic that has come out of the polls is “complex”, he has recalled that to be sworn in as president it can be done with an absolute majority or a simple majority, in the second vote.
In addition, he added that they are still awaiting the CERA vote abroad that can “change the result one up.” The ‘popular’ are waiting to see what happens in Girona, where they have options to snatch a seat from Junts, and in Madrid, where there is also another seat that dances.
After the words of the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, assuring that they are not partying after the results, Gamarra has indicated that it is true that they are not because “whoever came in second has not even been able to accept defeat and congratulate the winner”, so the scenario is an investiture with Feijóo in charge or the blockade, “in which Pedro Sánchez seems to be committed”.
In addition, Gamarra has made some self-criticism by admitting that they should have “needed more mobilization” and pointing out that “a campaign has its effects.” “Also beyond the expectations, that ours were higher”, he has recognized himself.
Regarding the demonstrations by Vox, assuring that they will not be an obstacle to investing Feijóo if he convinces a “handful” of socialist deputies, Gamarra has indicated that the PP keeps the part of the statements “in which they say they are not going to to hinder an investiture of Feijóo”, a reflection that in his opinion is “important” because Vox has 33 seats.
