The Popular Party and Vox have reached an agreement for the election this Friday of the Table of the Cortes for the XI legislature. The agreement reached adheres to the constitution of the Table. Both parties “will continue without pause, but with discretion, in the search for an agreement on those issues that allow drawing up a governance agreement,” points out the formation of Santiago Abascal in a note released late Thursday on an agreement that they also confirm PP sources.

The PP negotiates against the clock and with various gangs to be able to govern Aragon alone. The constitution, this Friday, of the Cortes and the election of the members of its Table is a key piece in the chess game that since last 28-M the popular dispute to ensure the investiture of Jorge Azcón and the formation of an Executive in which there is no Vox presence.

On Thursday, at the last minute, the PP and Vox reached an agreement that will allow the Aragonese Parliament Board to be set up, which will be chaired by the Vox deputy-elect, Marta Fernández. However, from Vox they were quick to point out that this pact does not presuppose for the moment that Santiago Abascal’s party is going to facilitate the formation of a lone PP Executive chaired by Jorge Azcón.

The last offer that the candidate of the popular and winner of the elections without an absolute majority, Jorge Azcón, had raised, was to give Vox the first vice-presidency of the Aragonese Parliament. In exchange, those of Santiago Abascal should guarantee at least the abstention of their seven deputies in the investiture for which there is still no date and accept not to be part of the future government.

For Vox, this proposal was insufficient and it has kept up the pressure until the end, even leaving its support for the investiture of the PP candidate up in the air. Finally, the popular accepted last night to raise their offer by offering Vox the presidency of the autonomous Parliament. That yes, reaching an agreement but without signing any document of joint points, as it did happen in the Balearic Islands. The popular sources consulted confirm that both parties are still negotiating a hypothetical external support from Vox to Azcón, but that the step taken on Thursday night is relevant for the progress of the talks.

In spite of everything, the negotiations about the formation of the Government will continue. The popular candidate remains firm in his intention to form a government alone and, for the moment, Vox has not dropped its claim to be part of it. After the agreement reached, the sources consulted in the PP venture to predict a scenario similar to that of the Balearic Islands in which the popular Marga Prohens will be able to govern alone after ceding the presidency of Parliament to Vox

Azcón has negotiated in recent days with the PAR (one deputy) and with Teruel Existe (three representatives). The popular ones have the support of the former and the more than likely abstention of the latter, but to have the investiture fully guaranteed they also need at least the abstention of Vox.

Azcón has before him two possible ways to carry out the investiture: agree with Vox and exceed the absolute majority with 35 seats, which would ensure that he will be sworn in in the first round or obtain the support of the PAR and the abstention of Teruel Existe and Vox ; In this way, he could be sworn in in the second round with 29 votes in favor, compared to 28 against the left bloc, and ten abstentions.

In both cases Vox stands as the unavoidable protagonist. As its leader, Santiago Abascal, announced during the campaign, the party has so far claimed a presence in governments that need their votes to invest the PP candidate. In the case of Aragon, the example of what happened in Extremadura, where the elections will foreseeably have to be repeated, has loomed over the entire negotiation. After last night’s pact, doubts are beginning to be cleared up in the popular ranks and they are betting on a lone Executive.

Javier Lambán, general secretary of the Aragonese POSE and acting president of the Autonomous Community, will end his political career in the Senate. The Regional Executive of the PSOE, held this Thursday, has agreed that the Socialist Group will propose him as an autonomous senator, one of the two that correspond to Aragon.

After the defeat on May 28, Lambán announced he was resigning from leading the opposition in the Cortes de Aragón, which will be constituted this Friday, although he said that he will continue to lead the party until the next regional congress that is expected to be held in 2024 or next year. following.

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