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  • Politics.Vox announces a motion of censure against Pedro Sánchez in September and the PP anticipates that it will not support it

If the PP, Ciudadanos or other parties in Congress do not move a tab in the face of the motion of censure announced by Vox for September, the candidate will be Santiago Abascal. And it will be basically with a single point in its program: to call general elections.

This is explained by sources from Vox to EL MUNDO, who emphasize that there are still several weeks ahead to dialogue and reach an agreement between opposition parties critical of Pedro Sánchez and supporters of a change in the Government . «The office is open», these sources affirm, «we are ready to negotiate any candidate. We don't put any hoops to go through.

They insist from the formation that from the first moment they have repeated that "there is no interest" on the part of Vox to "star" in the motion of censure against Sánchez and that they reach out to the other political forces to choose a consensus candidate or find a freelance profile.

But this would happen as long as the political parties or a group of deputies stepped forward and expressed their willingness to join the motion of no confidence. Then a negotiation path would be opened between the parties to agree on all aspects. Also who would defend the initiative in Congress.

If this did not happen, as it seems that is what will happen, Vox would continue in any case with its motion of censure and would present Abascal as a candidate with a "non-partisan" speech and with the promise to call elections to give the floor to the citizens facing the future management of the economic crisis by Covid-19 .

Without a 'casting'

The sources consulted put an end to external speculation about the candidate. They flatly reject that a kind of casting had been opened this summer in search of figures to protect Abascal from possible wear and tear in case of failure of the vote. "We are not like crazy looking for people and we are not going to look for people to embarrass the PP," they remarked, denying said thesis that they see "bought from the PP." Because if an agreement were not reached with other parties, they add from Vox, "we have a candidate like Santiago who is terrific" and who "would not do like Sánchez if he says he is going to call elections."

In line with this, Vox sources also reject that the motion of censure is a political maneuver to put the PP against the ropes and assure that the objective is only Sánchez. Hence, the sources consulted warn that they have not considered at any time looking for "aznares or cayetanas" to head the motion.

As for the date, the other great unknown of Vox's motion of censure, everything seems to indicate that it will be presented from September 15, "never before", which could lead to the session in Congress at the end of the month. By then, the political course will already be running for several weeks and on the streets the seriousness of the economic crisis and the instability in the jobs of many citizens will be even more palpable.

Without any option to prosper, from Vox it is considered essential that there is that "awareness" about the "meaning" of the motion of censure. Although the government could not change, they do believe that it should serve to signal that there are "other policies and politicians" to manage such a complicated economic situation.

The motion of censure is for Vox the last station of the strategy launched during the confinement in the state of alarm, when it decided to break any bridge with Sánchez demanding the resignation of the Government en bloc and the configuration of an Executive of national concentration between the PSOE, PP and Vox, as these are the three most voted political forces. Headed by a person of "prestige" and made up of independent technicians or individuals capable of piloting the response to the health and economic crisis. Since neither party supported his plans, the next step is the motion of no confidence.

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