He Congress of the Deputies has rejected, as planned, the investiture of the PP candidate, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, to the presidency of the Government, who has not obtained the absolute majority necessary to be invested in the first vote.
Feijóo has obtained 178 votes against and 172 in favor, below 176 supports that are required for Congress to grant him its confidence to be president of the Government.
After this vote, which was held by calling each deputy, A period of 48 hours opens for a second one that will take place on Friday and in which Feijóo would only need a simple majority to be invested, that is, more votes in favor than against to be invested. This two-day period is set by the Constitution.
However, everything indicates that the president of the PP will not have enough support either and the final result will be repeated.
After 1:22 p.m.
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The president of Congress, Francina Armengol, has called the new session of the plenary session for this Friday, September 29, at 12:15 p.m., so that The vote will not be held before 1:22 p.m., at least 48 hours after the first one held this Wednesday.
As established by the Congress Regulations, before this second vote, Feijóo may intervene for a maximum period of time. ten minutes and the parliamentary groups will be able to establish their position for a period of five minutes each.