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Begoña Gómez, the pivot of Sánchez’s control in Congress thanks to Feijoo and Abascal
to investigate Begoña Gomez, The wife of the President of the Government, due to an alleged case of corruption and influence peddling, will once again focus control questions on Pedro Sánchez in the plenary session of Congress this week, this time from the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and Vox, Santiago Abascal.
“Do you think your government is sustainable?”Feijoo will ask Sánchez after learning that Begoña Gómez had been summoned as a defendant to the court presided over by Juan Carlos Peinado, two days after the European Parliament elections and in the midst of the campaign.
Sanchez will predictably insist “There’s nothing there” In the case of his wife, however, the PP leader has already asked her for responsibilities and may demand her resignation.
For now Feijoo has opened the door to a censure motion, which ERC spokesman Gabriel Rufián will also ask Sánchez: “Are you afraid of a censure motion?”. And the populars will also need the support of Vox as well as of Juntes, Sánchez’s current investment partner, to be able to push it through. In addition to several questions to ministers, the populars bring a motion to the plenary session that asks the government to stop working “Pressure on judgesand “Respect the complete independence of the judiciary.”
“Do you want to involve us in a war to hide your corruption?” Abascal will also ask Sánchez if the unfolding diplomatic crisis with Argentina and the government’s latest moves against Israel are excuses not to talk about corruption.
Likewise, the PP spokesman, Miguel Tellado, will focus his attention on the recently approved amnesty law, which will come into force this week and will be published in the BOE. Tellado will ask the Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, whether “Is this how this government wanted to go down in history?”
Vox requests the disbarment of Yolanda Díaz
Spain’s intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) process began South AfricaThe party that filed a lawsuit against Israel for genocide in the Gaza Strip will also be present.
While Podemos spokesman, Ioan Bellara, will ask the government to break all ties with Israel and will want to know on Wednesday how the government will guarantee peace in a country in case the war escalates, VOX will urge on Thursday the second vice president Yolanda Díaz to fail “for anti-Semitic statements. The people of Abascal will ask for the cancellation of recognition”one sided“Support from Spain to the Palestinian State and to Israel” in its legitimate right to ensure its existence.
However, parliamentary activity will resume on Monday in Congress with the presence of Minister of Regional Policy Angel Victor Torres in the Koldo Commission as former president of the Canary Islands. Likewise, Torres will explain Why they rejected the mask contract with Management SolutionsCompany involved in the alleged corruption scheme.
The plenary session will conclude on Thursday with a debate on amendments to the proposed law for the extraordinary regularisation of foreigners, presented throughout Vox, and on the validation of a decree extending measures to suspend expulsions for vulnerable groups.
and greater government control in the Senate
The plenary session in the Senate will begin on Tuesday afternoon with a control session in which the PP spokesperson, Alicia García, will ask the First Vice President and Finance Minister, María Jesús Montero. “What will be the next concessions the independence movement will have to make in order to stay in government”,
They will follow you Twenty other questions ministers, including the Koldo case, the official secrets law, remuneration of the armed forces, salary increases for civil servants, approval of new drugs, seasonal fares and rail transport in Extremadura and Galicia.
The bill the PP is bringing to the plenary session this week is a tax exemption to help those affected by thalidomide, and proposals on freedom of the press will also be debated. The European Green Deal and sustainable mobilityamong others.
refering to activity in committees, Highlighted the telematic intervention of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and the presence of the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Eva Granados, and Patricia Ramírez, mother of the murdered child known as Little Gabriel, to request measures against prison interviews with convicts for crime documentaries.