The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, urged Pedro Sánchez this Wednesday to set the date of his investiture this Wednesday, after he was given “24 hours” to set his, and has revealed that the “militant” President of Congress, Francina Armengol, “spoke” with Moncloa before deciding when it would be.
This was stated by Feijóo on Onda Cero, where he explained that he will make “the appropriate adjustments in Congress, in the Senate and in the party” as soon as the political horizon in Spain clears and a new Government is formed.
Feijóo has explained that it was Armengol who suggested the date of October 26 to him and that he assumed it as “a disciplined deputy.” “For a month the PSOE says that I have wasted my time,” he denounced and added that even Sánchez criticized “the month of the Feijóo groundhog” and, however, “now it turns out that there is no deadline.”
The leader of the PP has also regretted the “democratic anomaly” represented by the fact that the investiture of the new President of the Government depends on a person “in search and capture” by the Supreme Court.
He has stressed that “the amnesty is the price that Sánchez is going to pay for being president of the Government” and has ventured that, if he finally gets the support of Carles Puigdemont, there will be “years of enormous instability and weakness” in a government that will be to agree with 18 political parties to “approve something.”
Regarding the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary, it has reiterated its willingness to do so as long as its independence is guaranteed. “My role is to maintain the independence of the CGPJ and if we have the possibility of maintaining it, my answer to renewing it is yes,” he guaranteed, after complaining about the latest resolution that allows magistrates to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
He has advocated for judges to be chosen by judges, because “if this does not happen, it may happen that people who are persecuted, like Puigdemont, can decide who is the president of the Government.”
Asked by Vox, he said that “it is evident” that he does not want to govern with Santiago Abascal and has admitted that the regional alliances with Vox penalized the PP in the July 23 elections and took away its “absolute majority.” However, he has denied that he finds a photo with Abascal at next Sunday’s demonstration against the amnesty uncomfortable and has once again thanked the 33 Vox deputies for their support for his investiture.
Finally, as La Vanguardia had anticipated, Feijóo has pointed out that he will make changes in the PP, in Congress and in the Senate when there is a new government in Spain. Feijóo did not want to confirm the continuity of the general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, as spokesperson in the Lower House. “We have committed to making the group changes when we know what the government of Spain is,” he said, but “when there is a government of Spain we will make the adjustments that correspond to the Congress, the Senate and the party,” because “we are starting a new stage, and in a new stage there must be adjustments”, which he admitted will mean a change in the people who now occupy responsibilities.
