As much as the accounts do not work out, or at least they are very difficult, Alberto Núñez Feijóo remains determined to try his investiture and, as he announced on Sunday, yesterday he started contacts with the other parties. After the WhatsApp message he exchanged with Pedro Sánchez on Sunday morning, yesterday he maintained the first contact with leaders of UPN, CC, the PNB and Vox.
From these talks, he already has one more vote, that of UPN, to add to the investiture, albeit insufficient. With Coalició Canària, "the way has been opened" to count on their vote, as Feijóo explained. They have agreed to speak with Vox later and at least, they say to the PP, he hasn't said no. The PNB, on the other hand, has been decisive and publicly yesterday morning stated that it is impossible for it to invest in Feijóo.
These contacts have a single objective, to form a Government, according to Feijóo, in "a matter of weeks". Give Spain a Government "as soon as possible", because Spain "cannot afford counter-alliances or blockades", and that is why the PP, "which is the party that won the elections", has a responsibility, in the face of "an alliance between losers that would need more parties than ever, starting with Bildu and ERC", and "the competition of a party led by a fugitive from justice", said the popular leader before the board of directors of the PP in a speech that the media could follow.
Feijóo vindicated himself, recalling the situation of the party 15 months ago, when he became president of the PP and that in a short time it has returned to being the first party in Spain, with an absolute majority in the Senate, which "will be key", he said.
A claim that many thought was a response to PP supporters who chanted Isabel Díaz Ayuso on Sunday night, when Feijóo spoke from the balcony.
The meeting of the board of directors was, according to the assistants consulted, "a real closing of ranks", in which everyone showed their support and many of them told Feijóo that the results are due to him and that they will now support him.
All the barons assure, without any doubt, that if the elections are to be repeated, the candidate will be Feijóo. Ayuso herself, when asked if the leadership of the popular leader is in question, replied with "I don't think so". In fact, all the barons standing broke into a prolonged applause at the entrance of Núñez Feijóo to the board of directors.
In public statements, the president of the Community of Madrid reiterated time and time again her support for Feijóo, because "he has achieved great things, he won the elections, and since he has been president, the map of Spain has been dyed blue". He emphasized that "I am at your complete disposal, and I will be by your side at all times".
The barons agreed on another thing: Feijóo must try to govern, since it was the most voted list. Among the arguments, one of the president from Madrid is that the PP cannot do what Inés Arrimadas did in Catalonia, when it was the first force in Catalonia, and not take the initiative. "We can't do an Arrimadas", said others.
The president of the PP will try, and many were surprised by how upbeat Feijóo was, who continues to believe that there is a party. A deputy in Madrid and another in Girona are the hope of the president of the PP, since they could change with the CERA vote.
He will try. He is convinced that "Spain needs moderation and understanding; not to depend on radical and pro-independence minorities".
The leader of the PP believes that the Spanish have wanted no one to have an absolute majority, but he does not believe that they have decided on "impossible formulas", as in his judgment the Sánchez government would be, with the support of Bildu, ERC or Junts.
That is why he believes that he must lead the talks to try to form a government, "from respect for the majority will of the citizens, without ideological apriorisms, with respect for the Constitution and our nation".
The alternative, "the coalition of losers", said Feijóo, is not, by a long shot, what Spain needs, because those called to support that government "will have more demands and more presence of the pro-independence parties". It would be, he believes, "an implantable scenario".
