Spain’s King Felipe VI appointed right-wing leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo on Tuesday to try to be sworn in as Prime Minister by deputies, the Assembly president announced, although he does not have the required majority. for the moment.
The king communicated “his decision to propose Mr. Alberto Núñez Feijóo as candidate for the presidency of the government”, declared in a press conference the socialist Francina Armengol, new president of the Congress of Deputies renewed during the elections of July 23.
172 voices maximum
Felipe VI, who had started his talks on Monday, received on Tuesday morning the leader of the far-right Vox party, then Pedro Sánchez, before meeting in the afternoon with Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the People’s Party (PP , RIGHT).
“I am the candidate of the party that won the election,” he said at a press conference after meeting the king to explain why he is claiming the right to stand for a nomination vote.
In the first round, an absolute majority of 176 votes (out of a total of 350 deputies) is required, while a simple majority is sufficient in the second round. Alberto Núñez Feijóo reiterated that he claimed the right to submit to a vote of investiture because the PP won the largest number of seats on July 23. But he can only have a maximum of 172 votes: those of the 137 deputies of the PP, plus the 33 of Vox and the deputies of two small regional parties.