The ERC spokesman in Congress, Gabriel Rufián; censure candidate, professor and economist Ramón Tamames and Vox Congress spokesman Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, as they arrive for a debate on the censure motion in the Congress of Deputies this Tuesday. EDUARDO PARRA (European Press)
It seems that the political actors need to get away from the strange day and a half in parliament to analyze what happened. Again, the cui prodest developed in Congress, capitalizing on this scrupulously regulated oddity. This was the question on the eve of the sixth motion of no confidence in democracy, but the question was present for a long time until the session where Professor Ramón Tamames spoke from a seat on the Vox bench, supported by the 52 parliamentarians of that group.
The first thermometer of the mood was measured in the inner courtyard of the congress in the numerous groups of journalists with the speakers. The record for staying to comment on what happened was more than won by Vox announcer Iván Espinosa de los Monteros. His group reiterates that his initiative was useful and that many Spaniards will appreciate it. How much stayed up in the air; even if the goal was achieved, not only to consolidate their most loyal voters, but also to attract a relevant stream of PP waters. Just in case, the critical charge against the PP continued in front of the old Palace of the Cortes. Between the intervention of Santiago Abascal and that of Espinosa, Spain’s government grievances were framed. Later, with the difficult-to-categorize exhibition by Ramón Tamames, the arguments against Pedro Sánchez’s executive came full circle. Vox will remember every day that the PP did not want to go along with the government’s censorship. The popular recognize the risk of having betrayed some in their own or a close sector, but they also have no clear diagnosis of the merits or harms of this unique motion of censure that has so angered them. It could be that Vox voters were disappointed or even angered by so much lost time following this motion.
The government could do nothing but face the space that Vox opened up for it to expand its balance, show that the gap with the coalition does not prevent the executive from continuing on its way to the end of the legislature and that, if voters on the left maintain apathy, the spirited bloc of the right will take over. The leaders of Podemos do not refrain from provoking the socialist part of the government to block laws that would show that the PSOE is on the left. Yes, the motion has served the second vice president, Yolanda Díaz, to show a clear presidential profile before presenting herself as the candidate to head the Sumar room on April 2. Always with the counterpoint of his colleagues from Podemos. Also during the application, she was reminded that without prior negotiation of each group’s representation rooms, she will not participate in her debut as a candidate. The processing of the application will take some time before it can be clarified who did better or less badly.
What affects most is what happens closer. Subscribe so you don’t miss anything.
subscribe to
Subscribe to continue reading
Read without limits