PSD leader Luis Montenegro today defended that the PP should form a government in Spain as it won Sunday’s elections, criticizing the “very unusual” case of the celebrations of those who lost them.
“I expect the government to be led by those who won the elections, because that is normal in a democracy and it is normal in the Iberian Peninsula”the Social Democratic official told journalists in Funchal, as part of the ‘Feel Portugal’ event taking place in Madeira.
Montenegro congratulated the leader of the Spanish People’s Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, on the “overwhelming victory” won in Sunday’s elections, marking “an exponential growth in the number of seats in the Spanish parliament”.
For the President of the PSD, “it seems that there is a very unusual situation here, because it seems that those who lose the election are the ones who celebrate and not the other way around”.
“I hope that the expressed will of the Spanish people can lead to the formation of a government and that this government takes office and can give Spain a cycle of development that is mirrored in Portugal.”, he underlined.
Luis Montenegro refused to analyze the political situation in Spain, claiming that “the Spanish people spoke very clearly”. “I wanted a government and a leader of that government” It is “Now the Spanish political system will react as it sees fit”he added.
“What we see on the Portuguese side is that there has been an electoral victory that should lead to the formation of a government and that government should lead to a cycle of growth and social and economic development that can then be used on this side of the border.”argued.
Montenegro stressed that “Spain is the new main trading partner and what is happening on the other side reflects here [Portugal] and the opposite too”.
Sunday’s elections in Spain had an inconclusive result as the two main blocs failed to secure an absolute majority.
Conservatives from the People’s Party (PP) won the election, but failed to secure an absolute majority with VOX, according to preliminary results released by the government.
The PP, with 136 deputies, and the VOX, with 33, only managed to add 169 deputies to parliament, requiring seven of the 176 for an absolute majority.
The PSOE, with 122 deputies, and Somar, with 31, had a total of 153 seats in parliament and may have more deputies than the right among the allies of the last legislature.
Source: DN
