Feijóo calls for the involvement of business leaders to oust Sánchez: "I lack their votes."

BarcelonaFor weeks now, the possibility of a no-confidence vote against Pedro Sánchez, led by the PP and requiring the votes of Vox and at least one other party, has been looming over national politics. All eyes are on Junts, which has broken with the PSOE and has recently voted alongside the conservatives and the Spanish far right on several occasions in Congress. Therefore, this Friday, at an event in Fomento, the PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, directly appealed to business leaders, asking them to get involved in this hypothetical no-confidence vote, which he asserted would be instrumental in calling elections: "I have no shortage of desire to present a no-confidence motion." Specifically, Feijóo, addressing the business community, indicated that he needed their votes.

"I am convinced that there are many people in this room who voted for Junts. I don't know if there are many or few who voted for ERC," the Popular Party leader told the audience after asserting that Sánchez and the Spanish government are projecting an "image of degradation" of Spain to the people. "I am convinced that the majority of people in this room do not share this view," he continued. And aware that he still doesn't have the numbers for a hypothetical motion, Feijóo knows exactly where he wants to find them: "I'm missing the votes of the headquarters (in quotation marks)." That is to say, the Popular Party leader has come to ask business leaders to convince Junts to agree to make this motion viable.

Feijóo has admitted that there are "things" he will not be able to offer; that he will not commit to matters he cannot fulfill, but neither to issues he does not consider. Junts' votes for the motion of censure, but a couple of weeks ago, from Congress, the Popular Party leader already appealed to the Junts members and also to the PNV to join forces to oust Sánchez from La Moncloa: "You know as well as I do that [supporting Pedro Sánchez] will not come without a price [...]. Who would have imagined that two centrist parties would be responsible for the deterioration of Spain and Catalonia?"

The position of Junts

Fairly The members of the regional council broke with the socialists a few weeks ago. The Brussels agreement, which Pedro Sánchez had invested in, was criticized because the Spanish government and the PSOE were not fulfilling some of the pact's central points. Puigdemont then addressed the PSOE, predicting that the legislature would become ungovernable: "They may have the power, but they will not be able to govern." So far, Junts has ruled out a motion of no confidence with Feijóo as the candidate, even if it were simply to call elections. However, they have kept the door open to supporting a "schematic motion" in the future, provided Feijóo is not the candidate and its purpose is to immediately lead the country to the polls. However, this scenario remains distant for now: "We are not there now," Junts vice-president Antoni Castellà stated just over a month ago. Feijóo's request comes after the judge yesterday ordered the provisional imprisonment of former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos and his former advisor, Koldo García, in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of face masks during the pandemic. Following this decision, the Popular Party leader called for a new "open and civic" demonstration in Madrid on Saturday, urging people to protest "against the corrupt and all those who support them."