Philip VI This Tuesday the round of consultations with the acting President of the Government closes, Pedro Sanchezand with the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóobefore deciding whether to designate the first candidate to attempt the investiture.
The King will receive Sánchez at 10:00 a.m. in his office at the Zarzuela Palace and an hour later it will be the turn of Núñez Feijóo.
At the end of the interviews, They started yesterday, Monday, with UPN, CC, PNV, Sumar and Voxthe head of state must decide whether to name Sánchez as a candidate to form a government after the PP leader failed in his attempt last week.
The general secretary of the PSOE has expressed his objective of achieving re-election with a coalition government between his party, which has 121 seats, and Sumar, with 31.
However, the leader of Sumar and second vice president of the acting Government, Yolanda Diazwarned yesterday after meeting with Felipe VI that the pact with the PSOE is green for now: “We are far from reaching that agreement”.
In addition to the votes of Sumar and the PNV, Sánchez needs those of Junts, ERC, EH Bildu and BNG, who have refused to meet the monarch, as they did on August 21 and 22, in the first round he called after the general elections of the July 23th.
The two Catalan independence parties demand Sanchez approve an amnesty law for those convicted by the process and advance in the recognition of the right of self-determination to hold a new referendum.