“Pedro Sanchez” gave in to the demands of the separatists to form a new Spanish government

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, “Pedro Sanchez”, the Prime Minister of Spain in Astana It is a new period of government and responsibility of the prime minister of the country. On Thursday, he reached an agreement with the Catalan separatists to form a coalition government.

This political poker game lasted for about fifteen weeks after the parliamentary elections. On Thursday, Carles Puigdemont, who is in exile in Brussels, opened the way for the formation of Spain’s new government. obtained an absolute majority for his re-election.

Thus almost five months after the early elections on July 23, in which the conservative PP actually emerged as the strongest force, and of course The reason for the lack of a majority in the formation of the government was unsuccessful. The Socialist PSOE is expected to form its third minority government next week together with the left-wing Somar coalition. According to the newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, this debate process It will start next Wednesday and the first round of voting will begin on November 16. Otherwise, the new parliament would be automatically dissolved on November 27 and elections would be held in January.

Catalan separatists had made amnesty a condition of their support, which Puigdemont’s party and Sanchez’s negotiators They fought for a compromise until Thursday night. Initially, a legal draft was supposed to be prepared a week ago. At the time, the separatist ERC party ruling Catalonia approved the first version of the law. This party also received more financial and political concessions from the PSOE for the agreement with Sánchez. But Puigdemont did not want to give the first victory to his separatist rivals and wanted to expand the circle of Catalans who would benefit from this amnesty.

According to the four-page joint document, the purpose of the agreement Presented on Thursday, it marks the start of a “new phase” and will “help resolve the historic dispute over Catalonia’s political future”. PSOE negotiator Santos Serdan confirmed in Brussels on Thursday that an amnesty deal had also been reached. He said that now there is a “historic opportunity” to solve “a conflict that can and should be solved only through politics”. It is the case of political stability during the entire legislative period. Puigdemont said on Thursday: We are entering an unprecedented phase. Sanchez must gain the stability of the government day by day.

Puigdemont said in another part of his speech: We do not need to apologize, we stand by our position. The separatists had not committed any crime. He accused the Spanish government of “law”, abusing justice for political purposes.

However, deep differences of opinion remain on both sides. The separatist party considers the result and order of the referendum on October 1 as well as the declaration of independence on October 27, 2017 as legal. It rejects the legality and validity of the referendum and the declaration and emphasizes the rejection of any new referendum. Nevertheless, the Socialists went a long way towards Puigdemont.

An “international mechanism” is to be created to review the progress of future political negotiations at an unspecified “table”. The PSOE had previously rejected such foreign participation, as well as an amnesty that went beyond the agreement with the ERC a week ago. Since the weekend, thousands of Spaniards have demonstrated in front of the party’s offices, leaving several injured. He appealed to the separatists. The conservative opposition PP and right-wing populist party Vox spoke of a “shameful and humiliating” deal that bordered on “high treason”.

PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijo said: Spain failed ate, the pro-independence people won and the PSOE disappeared.

The People’s Party wants legal action against the amnesty law in the Constitutional Court. Vox leader Santiago Abascal called for “permanent civil resistance” against the illegal pact. Both right-wing parties have announced more protests.

To win an absolute majority of 176 votes, the Socialists must now agree with Basque nationalists from the PNV. The party, with five representatives, had previously announced that it would support Sanchez, but after the concessions given to the Catalans, the Basque nationalists who want independence have been greedy for more concessions.

“Sanchez” has been the Prime Minister of Spain since 2018 and has led a minority government since 2020. In the July 23 election, Sánchez’s PSOE won fewer seats than the conservatives led by opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijo. However, Feijo failed to obtain the necessary majority in parliament to form a government.

Sánchez then began negotiations to form a new government as Acting Prime Minister. He has already won the support of the left-leaning Somar party to form the government.

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