The PP opens the game to agree on the regional governments it has at hand. For now, he already has two in the bag, the Canary Islands and Cantabria. They were the easiest because they don’t depend on Vox.
The leaders of the Canarian Coalition (CC) and the PP in the archipelago, Fernando Clavijo and Manuel DomÃnguez, respectively, reached an agreement to form a government in this community.
Fenando Clavijo, leader of Coalició Canà ria, will preside over the community as a result of this agreement that leaves the PSOE out of the regional Executive, led by the still president of the Government, Ãngel VÃctor Torres, despite the fact that it was the first force in votes in the autonomous and municipal elections of May 28.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo has defended a general agreement to let the list with the most votes govern. Despite this, the PP has given total freedom to the regional managements to close the pacts they consider.
The two formations have held several meetings since May 28 and yesterday they made official on the island of Gran Canaria the agreement agreed to govern for the next four years, although details remain to be outlined.
CC and PP will count on the next Government of the Canary Islands with the support of the Socialist Grouping of La Gomera (ASG) and the Independent Iron Grouping (AHI), which are essential to achieve a majority, although for now it has not been specified whether they will take on any ministry or give their support from the outside.
In addition to the presidency, the nationalists will keep eight areas. The president of the popular Canaries, Manuel DomÃnguez, will be the vice-president. The PP will take over nine departments, including the Treasury. The new regional government has already announced a severe reduction in some taxes.
The pact affects not only the regional government, but also four cabildos (the island governments) and more than twenty town councils. In some of these, the PSOE was also the party with the most votes and has also been ousted.
The pact between PP and Coalició Canà ria may also have an effect at the state level to the extent that the nationalists had been occasional allies of the central government in some votes in Congress, for example the last budgets.
In Cantabria, negotiations for the formation of the new government are progressing. Yesterday, the representatives of the Regionalist Party of Cantabria and the Popular Party, which was the force with the most votes, met. Miguel Ãngel Revilla, the Cantabrian media president, gave his support to the people as long as the PP does not reach an agreement with Vox. The predictable understanding between the two forces has upset Santiago Abascal, the leader of the far-right party who said that “being able to choose an alternative”, the popular people have chosen “continuity by making an agreement with corruption”.
The leader of the PRC assured that he will take his seat in the Cantabrian Chamber and that he does not plan to apply to go to the general elections. In fact, the party is considering whether or not to run in the July 23 election.
The acting president of Aragon, Javier Lambán, confirmed that for “democratic hygiene” he will not lead the opposition in the Courts to the popular Jorge Azcón, clear winner in the last autonomous elections. Despite this, the socialist will continue for the time being in the political forefront because he maintains the leadership of the PSOE-Aragon until the next congress, in two years.
In a meeting yesterday with the media, Lambán did not clarify whether he will finally collect on June 23 his act of deputy in the Aragonese Courts, and he did not rule out the possibility of becoming a senator by regional designation. “My record will be put to good use”, he guaranteed after insisting that “it is not correct or appropriate” to lead the opposition in these circumstances.
After the painful defeat in the elections of May 28, Lambán gave a speech that same night with marked goodbyes. However, as has happened in other communities, Pedro Sánchez’s unexpected calling of general elections changed his plans after his inner circle asked him to remain at the head of the party in the community.
Regarding his future succession, he pointed out that there are “ten or twelve people” who could take over and warned that he will go “to all” so that the future direction of the party emanates from Aragon, without any kind of interference or imposition of Ferraz.
