Madrid, August 31 (RHC)-- Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Tuesday failed to round up the legislative support he needed for a second term, bringing the country a step closer to its third presidential election in only a year.
Rajoy's conservative Popular Party, or PP, won the last round of elections but did not poll a majority of voters, requiring Rajoy to form a coalition government. So far, the party has failed to win the one endorsement needed to break the deadlock -- the support of Socialist Party head, Pedro Sanchez.
He will get one final chance Wednesday in the lawmakers' no-confidence vote. "The greatest damage to democracy is to tell Spaniards that their vote has been useless twice and that elections must be repeated for a third time," Rajoy said during his failed inauguration speech.
With support from Spain's fourth-largest political party – the centrist Ciudadanos, or Citizens – and the small Coalición Canariahe, Rajoy controls 170 Congressional seats and needs six more to reach the super majority.
Spain has been without a functioning government since the last round of elections in December and June failed to hand a convincing mandate to any political party, if nothing comes from tomorrow’s vote another election would be scheduled, possibly on Christmas Day.
Spain's Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Fails Again to Form a Government
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