The celebration of the last permanent Deputation of the Congress, before the new Cortes are constituted on August 17, brought together again the leaders of the parties that now have the formation of the new government ahead of them. But neither takes advantage of the presence of the other to talk and try to smooth things over, quite the contrary. They all spoke to each other through the media, keeping the same distance as in the electoral campaign.
If the Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, boasted that the PP had no one to talk to, after the no from the PNV and the one given to him by the PSOE, the general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, reminded Pedro Sánchez that "He has lost the elections", so he should facilitate the investiture of the leader of the most voted list, that is, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, or at least sit down and talk; that any other option that does not go through the president of the PP is "absolutely insane", to the point that if he wants to be president, he said, "the capital of Spain would have to move from Madrid to Waterloo", the Belgian municipality where he lives Carles Puigdemont, leader of Junts.
The fact that the PP takes 14 seats from the PSOE, and that for Sánchez to be president he has to negotiate with Junts, which demands an amnesty and a self-determination referendum, makes Gamarra call on the PSOE "not to hinder the PP from starting to work on the formation of a stable government", for which the PP offers State pacts to the Socialists, as it already offered in the middle of the electoral campaign.
For this, the number two of the PP recalls that on the same election night Pedro Sánchez told Feijóo that he was in a position to maintain contact after the CERA vote, and for this reason he asks "the leader of the second party in Congress, to answer the call who has won" to form that government. The PP will continue trying to speak with the parties that it does not consider radical and pro-independence, and that is going through an agreement with Vox, which yesterday assured in Congress that it will not hinder a Feijóo government.
The PP does not want to reveal if Alberto Núñez Feijóo would present himself for an investiture that is unsuccessful, but that would start the electoral clock. The general secretary of the PP that it is not up to Feijóo to decide if he shows up or not, since "it is the King who has that responsibility."
What Cuca Gamarra maintains is that "we have won with 136 seats and it is a responsibility, which we assume, to try to form a government." He stressed that Alberto Núñez Feijóo "has that vocation", and more taking into account that "any other option is crazy", since the partners with whom Sánchez should negotiate have already said that "they are going to raise the price", and that they places in a referendum on self-determination, and the approval of an amnesty, which in his opinion does not fit in the Constitution.
What's more, according to the general secretary of the PP, "for another option" other than Núñez Feijóo, to prosper, "the capital of Spain would have to move from Madrid to Waterloo." For this reason, she asks the political parties to "rule high-level politics", since the scenarios that are being considered, or to govern thanks to Junts, or the blockade and electoral repetition, "are not acceptable."
And it is that for the PP, the democratic history of Spain happens because "whoever wins the elections must lead the Government", hence he believes that Pedro Sánchez "must assume that he has lost the elections, that 14 deputies separate him from Alberto Núñez Feijóo " and that "we must restore serenity and normalcy to politics.
Cuca Gamarra acknowledges that "the scenario resulting from the elections is not easy", but for this reason she considers that "good sense and moderation" should prevail and not "break the rules that have governed Spain", such as that "whoever wins governs, that no agreement is reached with those who want the rupture of Spain, and that you cannot negotiate with a fugitive from Justice". For the popular leader, "we must act responsibly, and not reach agreements at any price," or lead Spain to the blockade.
