The PNV maintains its ‘no’ to facilitating an investiture for Feijóo after the PP’s attempt to attract their support for a government without Vox

2023-08-07 11:24:30

The PNV already has an answer for Alberto Núñez Feijóo after Vox’s offer to support him without conditions. The Basque nationalists insist on their refusal to make it easier for the Popular Party candidate to become president and recall that his position has been set from the day after the elections “with crystal clear clarity.”

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In a tweet, the formation recalls that on July 24 the president of Euzkadi Buru Batzar, Andoni Ortuzar, already transferred to Feijóo the refusal to start talks in order to facilitate his investiture. “Given the attempt of some political and media actors, both in the Basque Country and in Spain, to build an alternative reality, we consider it opportune and convenient to refresh their memory,” adds the message, which links to the tweet published after 23J.

On July 24, the Euzkadi Buru Batzar established its position with crystal clarity. Faced with the attempt of some political and media actors, both in the Basque Country and in Spain, to build an alternative reality, we consider it opportune and convenient to refresh their memory. ???? https://t.co/exThyhqYAh

— EAJ-PNV (@eajpnv) August 7, 2023

The PP tried this Monday to pressure the PNV after Vox’s offer to support an investiture of Feijóo without entering the Government to prevent Pedro Sánchez from being president again. Its general coordinator, Elías Bendodo, affirmed that the movement of the far-right party “changes the rules of the game” and “facilitates or gives birth to a possible investiture of the PP” despite the fact that the conservatives still do not have sufficient support.

In an interview at the Cope, Bendodo has asserted that the movement of the far-right party modifies the “circumstances” for “the parties that positioned themselves at the beginning”, in a clear allusion to the PNV, whose votes would be necessary -together with those of Vox- to make the leader president of the PP. The words of the conservative leader have provoked the reaction of the PNV, which has reiterated its rejection of any government formula that includes the extreme right.

According to Bendodo, the offer from Santiago Abascal’s party is “an important step to promote governability.” “The rules of the game change and, therefore, the parties that positioned themselves previously… now there are totally different circumstances,” reiterated the leader of the PP, who has stated that “we must normalize, have the ability to speak and agree with everyone and set limits”.

After sealing coalition agreements in four autonomous communities —Castilla y León, the Valencian Community, Extremadura and Aragón—, Vox opened this Sunday to support an investiture by Feijóo without demanding to enter the Government. “We will not be an obstacle to avoiding a government of national destruction,” the formation led by Abascal stressed this Sunday in a statement, in which it assured that its 33 deputies in Congress would support “a constitutional majority.”

“Vox wants to express its concern about the possibility that the acting president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will be sworn in as president with the support of the fugitive from Justice, Carles Puigdemont, Bildu, PNV and ERC, whose general secretary escaped in Switzerland, Marta Rovira, is in charge of negotiating said agreement with the PSOE”, they pointed out in a press release.