The PP hands over the presidency of the Table in Aragon to Vox and justifies it in "parliamentary tradition"

New agreement between the Popular Party and Vox to cede the presidency of a regional chamber to the latter. This time in Aragón, where Jorge Azcón, after handing over the Parliamentary Board to those of Alejandro Nolasco, continues to seek his abstention in order to be sworn in and govern alone.

The PP confirmed early this Friday, shortly before the parliamentary constitution in this autonomy started, the agreement advanced to the last of Thursday by Vox: Marta Fernández, deputy elected by Zaragoza, has become the next president of the Cortes from Aragon.

However, the popular ones reveal through their statement that the delivery to Vox responds to a “parliamentary tradition” in Aragon with third parties: “In all legislatures, except the constituent one, the third party with the highest number of votes has obtained a position in that body.

For this reason, the PP considers that “the resulting Table of the Cortes is a faithful reflection of the majority of the change that came out of the polls in the recent regional elections of May 28”. In previous legislatures, third parties such as Podemos or the PAR presided over the Table of the Cortes.

In this way, the PP dodges in Aragon the accusations of rapprochement with Vox in other territories, such as in the Valencian Community -where both will form part of the government- or in the Balearic Islands -where Vox will preside over the Chamber after signing an agreement with the PP-. In this case, and after the national earthquake that has caused the rupture between the two parties in Extremadura, Azcón avoids signing any type of programmatic document with Vox and takes refuge in the parliamentary history of the region to hand over the power of the Parliament to the party commanded by Santiago Abascal.

The strategy of the Aragonese PP, as reported by EL MUNDO this Thursday, was to cede the presidency of the Cortes to Vox without a written agreement. A movement that did not wear out Azcón and that, on the contrary, made it possible to invigorate the negotiations to achieve the abstention of Vox, necessary for the popular ones to be able to govern alone in the region, with the help of Teruel Existe and the PAR, as well. They should also abstain.

In any case, a period of two months is now open for the configuration of this hypothetical government, so that the parties have time, once the Cortes is constituted, to continue with the negotiations. The objective of the PP, however, is to reach an agreement as soon as possible and not even delay its formation beyond the general elections of 23-J.

“The representatives of both political parties have decided to set up a working group to explore the possibilities of reaching an agreement based on a change program endorsed by the unappealable electoral result,” the PP broadcast this Friday.. Popular sources consider that the transfer of the Board of the Cortes brings closer the option of Vox's abstention, but on the opposite side of the negotiation they ask for caution and continue to study, as in the rest of the regions, how to reflect trust at the institutional level given by their voters. And if that happens by entering the Executive, they warn, they will demand it.