Esparza has indicated that UPN will support Feijóo because that is how they compromised him in the elections and his formation has “the word” and also, he has stressed that his party should not tell the head of state what to do and will respect the decision he makes. “We continue betting on a government of the Popular Party, but if of course the thing is between a PSOE government with Bildu or new elections, then hopefully we will go to a new electoral cycle,” Esparza told reporters.
Despite the support of the only UPN deputy, Alberto Catalán Higueras, Feijóo does not have sufficient support to form a government, because even if the support of the 33 Vox deputies and the Canarian Coalition deputy, the PP, with 137 seats, is confirmed , would stay four of the majority.
The UPN leader has regretted that an agreement between the PP and PSOE is “dreaming”, a “nice dream but dreaming” and that Pedro Sánchez is considering governing with the independence movement, with “those who want to break Spain”, reports Efe.
The Navarrese formation rejects the agreement between Pedro Sánchez and EH Bildu, which “hurts” them because this party included members of ETA on its municipal lists, and also that “Together and a fugitive like Puigdemont could end up saying who is going to be president or if we go to elections”.
Esparza has also confirmed that a moment of reflection and a new cycle are beginning in the Navarrese party after announcing yesterday that he will no longer be a candidate for the Presidency of the Government of Navarra in the 2027 elections. “Life is cycles… opens a moment of reflection at UPN and I am at the party’s disposal”, he stated.
This Monday the round of contacts for the investiture has begun, by order of the political groups from lowest to highest depending on the representation they have in the Congress of Deputies. The meeting with the president of the Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN), Javier Esparza is the first of the seven meetings that he will hold for two days with political leaders in the round of consultations to propose a candidate for the investiture.
Esparza is followed by the representative of the Canary Islands Coalition (CC), Cristina Valido, who will also foreseeably announce her support for Feijóo as a candidate for the investiture, and will continue in the afternoon, with the parliamentary spokesperson for the PNV, Aitor Esteban, and the leader of Add, Yolanda Diaz.
The round of meetings with Felipe VI will continue tomorrow with the appointments with the president of Vox, Santiago Abascal; the acting President of the Government and Socialist leader, Pedro Sánchez; and the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. The representatives of ERC, Junts, EH Bildu and BNG have declined to attend Zarzuela as on previous occasions.
