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Current PP Minister, Ana Pastor, new President of Spanish Parliament

July 19, 2016 02:18 PM | ACN

Former Spanish Minister for Public Works, Ana Pastor, will chair the Spanish Parliament that emerged from the Spanish elections of the 26th of June. Thus, the XII term of office has officially started. A last minute agreement between Conservative People’s Party (PP) and Spanish Unionist ‘Ciutadans’ allowed Pastor, a key member in different PP governments, to be elected in the second round, with 169 votes out of the 350-seats in the Spanish Chamber. Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) and Alternative left coalition ‘Unidos Podemos’ opted for PSOE’s Patxi López instead, who presided the Chamber for the last seven months, while pro-independence parties in the Chamber, liberal CDC and left wing ERC emitted a blank vote.

The Spanish Government may impugn Puigdemont’s taking office

January 13, 2016 05:08 PM | ACN

Current Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy insisted that the Spanish Government’s legal services will “write a report” to evaluate the procedure used in new Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont’s, take office. During the ceremony, Puigdemont didn’t mention Spain’s King nor the Spanish Constitution. “According to this report we will make the appropriate decisions, following the current legislation and the general interests of all the Spanish citizens” he warned. Despite petitions from he other groups in Spanish Parliament, Rajoy admitted that “so far” he “doesn’t intend” to meet with Puigdemont.