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Before Sánchez and Iglesias can shake hands as president and vice president, the necessary support must be achieved in Parliament. They are missing the most indispensable of all, ERC, whether by action or omission . And Gabriel Rufián is in no hurry. The president of the Congress of Deputies, Meritxell Batet , has assured in statements to Cadena SER after her appointment that "achieving an investiture before Christmas would be ideal, but it is tight . It is not impossible, but things that I don't know would have to fit in. " if they are in a position to do so. Read more: The socialist Meritxell Batet is re-elected president of the Congress of Deputies in the second vote: the keys to the start of the legislature The procedure is clear. First there will be a round of contacts by the king , followed by an investiture debate and, if the absolute majority (176 seats) is not achieved, the phase will end with a second debate to be resolved with a simple majority (more yeses than noes).
It possible to achieve this process before the Spanish eat the grapes? The schedule is tight, but doable. The round of consultations with the king Pedro Sánchez and Felipe VI in the September 2019 round of consultations. Pedro Sánchez and Felipe VI in the September 2019 round of consultations. The first step was to inaugurate the Cortes Generales , that is, the Congress and the Senate. This happened Middle East Phone Number List yesterday, Tuesday , so Meritxel Batet, as the third authority of the State, will go to the Zarzuela to inform the king that the Chambers are constituted and that the 14th legislature has begun . From this moment the king can begin his round of consultations. They could start on the same Thursday, but since December 6 (Friday) is Constitution Day , it seems logical that the meetings would last until the middle of the following week (the 11th or 12th). It is true that the king has been hardened in these issues in recent years , but this legislature has a whopping 21 political parties , so "express consultation" is not guaranteed.
These are the youngest deputies of each party in Congress While this period of conversations is taking place, the parliamentary groups must be formalized as such by writing to the Congress Board. The House regulations establish a limit of 5 business days from the inauguration of the legislature - unless the president makes a request for it to be sooner - so the limit will be December 9 . Then the witness will be in the hands of the king, who must assess whether or not the candidate has sufficient support to carry out an investiture. At this moment Pedro Sánchez has a mere 165 deputies behind him , a sum of PSOE, Unidas Podemos, PNV, Más País and PRC . If we also had the support of Teruel Exist , the count would remain at 166, still far from the 176 necessary for the absolute majority . First investiture debate The acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in the Congress of Deputies. The acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in the Congress of Deputies.