The anti-system custom of Sánchez's allies that favored Feijóo before the King

@ElentirENG ES 8·22·2023 · 22:50 0

This afternoon, after consultations with the political representatives, the King has proposed Feijóo as a candidate to preside over the government of Spain.

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On social networks, the left and the extreme left are throwing a tantrum, with attacks on the King, due to the fact that Felipe VI did not designate the loser of the last general elections as a candidate for investiture, Pedro Sanchez. Leaving aside the curious sense of democracy of those who want the King to favor someone who did not win the elections, there is a fact that these leftists seem to overlook. This fact can be seen in the statement of the Royal House announcing the decision of H.M. the King:

"The Popular Party was the political group that obtained the largest number of seats in the last elections on July 23.

In this sense, it should be noted that, except in the XI Legislature, in all the general elections held since the Constitution came into force, the candidate of the political group that has obtained the greatest number of seats has He was the first to be proposed by His Majesty the King as a candidate for the Presidency of the Government. This practice has become a habit over the years.

In the consultation procedure carried out by His Majesty the King it has not been verified, to date, the existence of a sufficient majority for the investiture that, in his case, would cause this custom to decline."

The key to everything is in the third paragraph that I just quoted: the King has not "verified" that Sánchez has more support than Feijóo. Obviously, Sánchez could have told him that he has the support of other groups, but that is not enough. If this round of consultations exists, it is for each group to establish its position. If you do not attend, your position is not recorded.

The fact is that this round of consultations has had the participation of Popular Party, the PSOE, Vox< /a>, Add, the PNV, Canary Coalition (CC) and Navarro People's Union (UPN). Nobody else. Of the parties that have appeared in this round of consultations, the PP (137 seats) has the support of Vox (33), CC (1) and UPN (1): 172 seats in total. A in turn, the PSOE (121 seats) has the support of Sumar (31) and possibly the PNV (5), which adds up to 157 seats. ERC (7), Junts (7), EH Bildu (6) and BNG (1) have not participated in these consultations, so their position is not known to the King.

Of course, in a democratic country one can be an anti-system extremist who does not recognize constitutional institutions, starting with the Head of State. There everyone, but you can not swim and save clothes. If you want these institutions to know your position, you will have to notify them through the channels established by the Constitution (Article 99, in this case). And if you don't want to, then your position will continue without being recorded for the purposes of forming a government.

In fact, Sánchez will continue to have this problem if Feijóo's inauguration fails. As long as he continues to seek the support of anti-system extremists who do not recognize constitutional mechanisms, he will continue to lack sufficient support in the eyes of the institution in charge of assigning the investiture to a candidate , which is the Head of State . And it is because the Spanish decided it in the democratic referendum by which the Constitution was approved. Everything else is childish tantrums of those who want to obtain power outside the law, something typical of anti-democrats.