Pedro Sánchez won the expected majority. Is it one of the challenges to keep it going for four years?
The investiture debate has demonstrated one thing: Sánchez’s ability to create the bridges and dialogues necessary to create a majority. Sánchez has shown resistance and voluntarism that must be emphasized, regardless of any ideological position. Whether this majority will withstand wear and tear is another matter. The special thing about this situation is that this majority is a different majority. It is primarily a majority that has been reached against the possibility of the far right coming into government, and that is why there is a very negative majority. The independenceists on the left were afraid to see Vox in government and therefore chose to give Sánchez this benefit of the doubt. But there is another special circumstance, related to the challenges of these four years, and that is that Sánchez’s commitments will be fulfilled down to the last detail by all his partners. And at any time, either partner can make the government unfeasible if it believes it is not meeting its obligations.
The amnesty for independence activists marked the inauguration, but this must now go to the Senate and through the courts. Is there a way to stop the amnesty?
Sánchez’s commitment has been made. Now this law, like all laws, will follow its trajectory. The Senate cannot make it unfeasible, but it can delay it. The Court will have to rule, appeals against the constitutionality have already been announced and judges have even taken to the streets in an unusual manner. Justice that anticipates the time of justice and publicly proclaims this opposition on the streets clearly shows the degree of fracture that society is experiencing. Spanish society needs reconciliation because it is a deeply divided and deeply broken society.
Who is also divided is Sumar himself, who is part of the coalition with the PSOE…
It is a coalition government and all coalition governments have their challenges. The previous government also had to face its challenges and lasted almost to the end. Sumar is different from Unidas Podemos and there is controversy over what place Podemos ministers will have in the government, which they probably won’t have, in an effort to make Sumar more cohesive. This can be a problem because Podemos has five deputies and they are all needed. But when it comes to the relationship between the two partners, between Sánchez and Yolanda Díaz, there is more harmony, which does not prevent difficulties and disagreements from arising over the years.
And what about Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s challenges as leader of the opposition?
Feijóo’s challenge is primarily to consolidate his position as top leader of the PP and leader of the opposition. He was seen as the savior of the PP. And then wait to see whether this government can withstand the difficulties that will arise, both internally and externally. An attempt will be made to undermine the stability of the government from outside so that it does not last for four years.
There will be pressure from the streets…
Yes, we will see tension increase every time new measures are announced. There will be demonstrations in the streets, a very difficult parliamentary life. And there will certainly come a time when this government stabilizes, if it manages to pass the laws, if it resists this intimidation, which will be great, it will do so in a way that is inversely proportional to its credibility of the opposition leader. There will come a time when a regional leader will understand that it is his time to take power.
Source: DN
