The PNV spokesman in the Congress of Deputies, Aitor Esteban, considers that the round of contacts that King Felipe VI opens this Monday with the parties for an investiture “has been called somewhat hastily.” Esteban has warned that there is “absolute uncertainty about possible majorities.” He has also acknowledged that he would not be surprised if there were a second round of consultations with the parties and he has not ruled out a repetition of the elections, although he has said that it is something that must be “avoided”.
In an interview on Cadena SER collected by Efe, the nationalist spokesman has assured that his party has not yet used in any negotiation for the investiture of any candidate and has made it clear that they will not support the popular Alberto Núñez Feijóo because the PNV does not it will be “in whatever combination Vox is needed.” “It is evident that Feijóo’s candidacy has no chance of moving forward. Now, the other candidacy, that of Sánchez, still needs a lot of filming to be able to say that he is in a position to go ahead with the investiture, so that he gets the necessary votes We have just been talking about the table, but the investiture has not yet been spoken of and, therefore, more time is needed,” he reiterated.
“Today” no candidate has the necessary support
He has considered that “today” no candidate has sufficient support to face an investiture and that to reach an agreement what is needed is “a period of maturation” and not face a “flash investiture as if there were a clear majority”.
He has acknowledged that he can go for a few months without a new government, but has warned that “probably” not the best option to “put pressure” on the parties to speed up the process. For Esteban, the fact that the king proposes a candidate on Tuesday to “precipitate everything” does not mean that there are more possibilities for the investiture to be “successful”; “probably not”, he has affirmed himself.
“Unless you want to put pressure on the parties, I don’t see much point in (holding the round now),” Esteban reiterated, assuring that in the talks for the constitution of the Congress Table, there was no talk of the investment
In this sense, he has said “absolutely” that they have not spoken “anything” with the PSOE about possible support for Pedro Sánchez and has clarified that the first thing that must happen is that they call them and explain “what they want to do with the legislature and with what props”.
Esteban assures that the PNV has not spoken “anything” with the PSOE
Esteban has acknowledged that he has spoken with the PP but that in those conversations he has explained to the popular that he does not consider Vox a democratic party, that in the formation of Santiago Abascal they feel “proud heirs of the Franco and dictatorial regime” and that, For this reason, “something in which Vox is necessary to build a government” the PNV is not going to have “nothing to do with it.”
