• Citizens. Albert Rivera says that Pedro Sánchez "is the problem" and insists: "Rectify and return to constitutionalism"

The PP "is the alternative" of the PSOE and " Spain can not run out of alternative." Thus Pablo Casado has settled the position of his party (a resounding "no") before the possible investiture of Pedro Sánchez. After attending the round of consultations with the King in La Zarzuela , the popular president has emphasized that the history of these last five months, since April 28, "is already the story of a great emptiness and a great failure" .

In his opinion, the acting president is "solely responsible for elections." "He asked for everything in exchange for nothing" and "he wanted elections, and everything indicates that he has achieved it," emphasized Casado, visibly upset by the outcome of this political cycle.

The president of the PP has claimed himself as the only leader who has not flirted with Pedro Sánchez. "I come with a bittersweet feeling," but with "the satisfaction of having done what voters and most compatriots expected of the PP," he said. His position has been "coherent" and "responsible", in his opinion, since he "has reached out to dialogue" and "has met with who has asked for it", while Pedro Sánchez has treated him "with pride and indifference".

Given the evidence that the PSOE was not going to accept the conditions of Albert Rivera, which Genoa "shares" completely, the popular have opted for the low profile and have avoided opting for abstention. In fact, no one from the PP dome has appeared today to comment on the King's round of consultations, until Married. From Genoa they have limited themselves to emphasizing that "the ball" has always been on "the roof of Pedro Sánchez".

"There has been no loophole for any change"

The question about whether the PP was finally willing to abstain or not cleared Married in a blunt way: "There has been no loophole for any change" and "it is no longer time to try what has not been done in five months." That is why the PP "no" has never considered abstention.

If Sanchez "had wanted, he would have gone to talk to him," Casado has granted, but "the last-minute dribbles that Sanchez may pose would no longer have time," he has stopped, because Spain "is a serious country."

Casado recalled that he already raised something similar to the proposal Rivera has made in exchange for his abstention, five months ago, but the truth is that the president of the PP did not offer him abstention, but a pact of legislature, to give him "support" and "stability". That is, agree on the Budgets, territorial policy and constitutional governance of Navarra . But Sanchez didn't even answer.

That the PP did not sign an agreement with Citizens is also a reflection of the division of opinions in the formation. In fact, most of the popular sources consulted by this newspaper see the proposal "Citizens" and even "smart" citizens. But they draw a bisector: "The coherence of the main opposition party, which is the alternative."

It must be remembered that the president of the Xunta de Galicia , Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has opened the debate of the "great coalition", but Casado circumscribes it to the possibility of reaching "state pacts". "That was a great de facto coalition," said the leader of the PP.

Casado has acknowledged that, in his meeting with Rivera on Monday night, he brought out "the issue of Spain Sum", explained based on the qualitative study of the CIS. "The union of the parties does add up" and the PP "is the best antidote against the blockade," he said. "If an alternative for governance has not been reached, then at least you have to start working on the alternative to win the elections," the opposition leader has stopped, for whom the relationship with Cs "has improved."

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