The same destination but two increasingly separated paths to reach it. The Popular Party and Vox, far from strengthening forces in the face of the controversy surrounding the amnesty, are deepening their differences as the political situation worsens and the date of Alberto Núñez Feijóo's investiture approaches.. Both parties opt for their own strategy and reproach and ignore the other, to the point that today the image of unity between the leaders of the two parties is not assured.
While the PP keeps the details of the “party act” it is preparing in Madrid up in the air, Vox seeks to lead the real opposition to the amnesty: those of Santiago Abascal have registered a non-legal proposal to prevent members of the Government from being able to reach agreements with fugitives from Justice, and have elevated the debate to Europe by requesting that the European Parliament discuss the political situation in our country. “We are not afraid of the photo of Colón,” they assert in Vox, but they see the PP as “disoriented.”
What's more, Vox is trying to destabilize the PP by blaming it for organizing events against the amnesty while agreeing to talk informally with Junts. At Vox they believe that they are the only party capable of boasting that they keep separatism and nationalism at bay, a thesis that they are willing to take even to the European Parliament if the rule of law is finally debated on our borders.
Feijóo's investiture
Thus, the relationship between the two right-wing parties reopens its wounds, stitched just a few days ago with the photo between Feijóo and Abascal shaking hands as part of the round of consultations. Then Vox guaranteed support for Feijóo's investiture and there is no doubt about it, despite the quarrels that separate the two formations at the national level and that yesterday caused tensions to fester in Extremadura.
The snapshot will only be repeated if Feijóo decides to attend the October 8 demonstration in Barcelona, which will be attended by the entire Vox leadership.. At the moment, on the part of the popular party, only the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has confirmed her attendance, but Génova is delaying the moment of specifying which members of the leadership will be present on October 8.
Meanwhile, the option of both parties agreeing on the “big event” that the PP is preparing for September 24 fades as the hours go by and Génova details details of the event: it will be a “party event” in “the framework of the “investiture process” of Feijóo, and in which “any citizen” – Cuca Gamarra limited himself to expressing yesterday, without talking about parties or acronyms – will be able to participate.. Vox, for its part, has confirmed that it has not received any type of invitation to the event, and despite the fact that some leaders – such as Rocío Monasterio – call to “not be involved in party issues”, in Bambú they assert that they feel much more comfortable in an event convened by a civic platform, such as the one that will be held in Barcelona.