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Date Published: 03/11/2023

Sanchez paves the way to a second presidency in Spain after striking a deal with separatists

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Acting Spanish president Pedro Sánchez has agreed to grant amnesty to all those involved in the 2017 secession attempt in Catalonia

Sanchez paves the way to a second presidency in Spain after striking a deal with separatists

The investiture of Pedro Sánchez as president of the government of Spain looks all but certain, despite the fact that his party, the socialist PSOE, didn’t win the overall majority in the July elections. In order to push forward, Sánchez needed the support of the Catalan separatists, and this is now approaching the finishing line as negotiations over a controversial amnesty law come to a close.

While the formal “yes” of Catalonia’s Republican Left (ERC) still hasn’t been given, government sources assure that only the final details need to be ironed out. If this is the case, then the first vote on the acting president’s investiture could happen as early as next week.

Since the Congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES) in Malaga is scheduled for November 10 and 11, it’s understood that Sánchez is pushing for negotiations to conclude so that he can attend as the new Spanish President.

The all-important law will grant amnesty to all those involved in the unlawful 2017 independence referendum, as well as members of the Democratic Tsunami platform and the Committees for the Defence of the Republic. The current government, has however, ruled out any discussion on Catalan independence, as this would be contrary to the constitution.

With the presidency about to be snatched away, opposition party PP, along with VOX, have stepped up the fight, describing the possible election of the PSOE leader as “electoral fraud.” Needless to say, both groups are vehemently opposed to the amnesty law, which they say amounts to “negotiating the freedom of fugitives.”

PP Deputy Secretary Miguel Tellado has instead called for a repeat election on January 14 so that “the voice is returned to the Spaniards and that they are the ones who decide the future of the country.”

Meanwhile, PP leader and Sánchez’s opponent for the presidency, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, said that he is fully prepared to file a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court to stop this “surrender” to the Catalan separatists.

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Image: Generalitat de Catalunya via Wikimedia Commons

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