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One day to go until Sanchez becomes president: Heavy police presence in Madrid as protests continue
Sánchez will be invested for a second term as the President of the Spanish Government on Thursday November 16
Four months after a lacklustre election which produced no clear winner, the current president of the Spanish government Pedro Sánchez has finally garnered enough votes to secure his second term in office. Protocol dictates that a debate must be held first, in this case on November 15 and 16, but this is really just a formality as at this point, his return to power is guaranteed.
The debate will begin at noon on Wednesday and Sánchez "will present to the Congress of Deputies the political program of the Government that he intends to form and will request the confidence of the Chamber," as stated in article 99 of the Spanish Constitution.
Voting on the new president will begin on Thursday afternoon. To be inaugurated in the first vote, Sánchez will need the vote of 176 deputies, something he's already secured through various agreements with Sumar, Junts, ERC, Bildu, PNV, BNG and Canarian Coalition.
In the very unlikely event that an absolute majority is not achieved, a second vote will be held "48 hours after the previous one", in which it will be necessary to have a simple majority, that is, more 'yes' than 'no' votes.
While Sánchez’s investiture is a foregone conclusion at this stage, he has made many enemies in his rise to power and more than 1,600 police officers have been drafted in to man the Congress building and surrounding streets during the debate.
Thousands of angry citizens waving banners and placards have taken to the streets of Madrid to protest the president's highly contentious amnesty law, which seeks to pardon the Catalan separatists involved an illegal independence referendum several years ago.
After 12 days of non-stop protests in the streets of the Spanish capital, the police anticipate numerous riots during the investiture debate.
Renfe rail workers have also called a five-day strike beginning at the end of the month over Sánchez’s decision to transfer the management of the railway to the Catalan regional government.
Image: Orgullo Nacional
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