The PP denounces that Armengol "has kidnapped" the legislative power and demands Sánchez's appearance in Congress

“The government in office does not want to be controlled. And the rest of his partners care very little.”. The PP explodes against Francina Armengol. The spokesperson for the popular parties, Cuca Gamarra, accused the president of Congress this Tuesday of “kidnapping” the Chamber for the benefit of the PSOE. For Gamarra, Armengol “prevents Congress from functioning, causing it to remain firmly closed by the work and grace of Pedro Sánchez, so that parliamentary procedures are not carried out”.

Furthermore, the popular leader has revealed that her party is going to request two more appearances before the Plenary Session of the Chamber: that of the acting Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, to report on the migration crisis in the Canary Islands; and, above all, that of the acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to report to the European Council. “A government in office must fulfill its obligation to inform Congress,” this request has been justified..

“Armengol has stopped the clock”

In a press conference in Congress, Alberto Núñez Feijóo's number two has harshly criticized that the president of the Lower House has not brought together the parliamentary control body and, in this way, has paralyzed the deadlines of the initiatives pending qualification: “The ordinary thing is that a Board and a Board of spokespersons are held, that is what should happen, but Congress is being prevented from functioning and nothing is called today.”

“If the Board does not function, the parliamentary initiatives are not qualified, and if the Board of Spokespersons is not convened, it cannot be agreed on what is legally the responsibility of the Board of Spokespersons, and hinder and obstruct the normal functioning, generating the hijacking of Congress. “emphasized Gamarra, who gave as an example the request that the PP presented last week for an appearance for the acting Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, to explain the Executive's position on the escalation in Gaza.

By virtue of the Congress Regulations, which allow one-fifth of the spokespersons to force a Meeting to debate specific issues, the PP has registered a document demanding that said body be convened immediately.. “Armengol has stopped the clock of the Cortes and has handed it over to Sánchez,” he denounced..

“Pedro Sánchez gave the order so that political life does not happen normally, parliamentary procedures are not carried out and a more or less normal functioning of Congress is not activated,” insisted the spokesperson for the Popular Parliamentary Group.. “We demand that Congress be opened now, that it function, that it resume normal functioning, the first thing we demand is that a date be set once and for all for the investiture debate. That we find ourselves in the investiture process,” he stressed. .