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The still president of Cantabria and leader of the PRC, Miguel Ángel Revilla, has assured this Tuesday that he will allow the candidate of the PP, María José Sáenz de Buruaga, to be invested despite not having reached the absolute majority. The popular, therefore, would not have the obligation to agree with Vox to get the presidency, and the door is opened to a possible government alone.

"I am not a scavenger, I will not hinder the one who has had such a spectacular result," the Cantabrian president said during an interview on Antena 3, who says that his movement seeks that the region "is not contaminated with Vox."

Revilla already acknowledged his clear defeat during the election night of 28-M, which he blamed on the national pacts of Pedro Sánchez. The PP won 15 seats, 8 for the PRC, 8 for the PSOE and 4 for Vox. Neither Podemos nor Ciudadanos achieved representation. The absolute majority in Cantabria stands at 18 seats.

The PRC could have forced a pact of the PP with Vox voting against the investiture of Buruaga, by adding 16 votes with the PSOE against the 15 of the PP. According to the regulations of the Cantabrian parliament, the candidate who opts for the presidency must obtain an absolute majority in the first vote, or a simple majority in the second. With an abstention, the PRC would already allow Sáenz de Buruaga to achieve the investiture.

In the last hours, important mayors of his own party had demanded that Miguel Ángel Revilla take that step. The councilor of Reocín and president of the Federation of Municipalities of Cantabria, Pablo Diestro, said in statements to Europa Press that he had "spoken with many colleagues" who asked to "burn all the bullets" to try to reach an agreement with the PP.

Revilla was already vice president in Popular Party governments in the 90s, but has governed in coalition with the PSOE in recent years. In the campaign, the attacks between the PP and Revilla were constant and questioned the option of an understanding after 28-M.

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