The PP faces the third and final day of the investiture session of Alberto Núñez Feijóo with the morale of victory. Failure is more than assumed and, if there are no surprises, Alberto Núñez Feijóo will leave Congress with the same 172 votes with which he entered. In Genoa they do not hide their satisfaction for the milestones that, despite the defeat, the popular leader has achieved during his first parliamentary experience. The party leaves the investiture “united” by the “superb” intervention of the Galician, who has “portrayed everyone” with the amnesty as a context. The curtain of the Congress will fall this Friday and the training is already working the day after. Pedro Sánchez's opportunity is beginning to get back on track and Genoa is preparing for a barrage of “pressure” to facilitate the victory of the socialist so that it does not depend on the votes of Junts.

In reality, the melon has been opened by a member of their own ranks. Nacho Martín Blanco, number one of the PP for Barcelona, avoided ruling out the scenario of Feijóo abstaining from Sánchez's investiture. “We'll see from next week,” he simply stated when asked about that possibility in an interview on TV3.. Sources close to the popular deputy clarify that he responded in this way to the question “out of prudence” by ignoring the position of the popular leadership on the matter, and deny discrepancies with the leadership.. Just in case, in Genoa the doubts are settled. “There is no debate. “It's impossible,” they say.. “It would be suicide,” support other voices from the management.

However, the sources consulted assume that, in the coming weeks, “media, political and even business” pressure will be a constant that the popular leader will have to weather.. And that the thesis that the PSOE will agitate to shake off the criticism of the popular ones for the negotiation with Junts will be, precisely, that Feijóo abstains to avoid that route. But in Genoa they assure that they will not move one iota from the frontal rejection of that scenario. They remember at this point that the president of the PP already offered Sánchez a great agreement between the two major parties so that Feijóo, as representative of the list with the most votes on 23-J, would govern for two years. But the general secretary of the PSOE never considered that option.

After the failed investiture of Feijóo, the PP will pave the way to return to the polls as a lesser evil given the possibility that Sánchez “negotiates with the rule of law” and agrees on an amnesty with the Catalan independence movement, which they assure will continue. demand for self-determination. Not in vain, this Wednesday ERC and Junts have agreed not to support Sánchez's investiture if he does not accept not only the processing of an amnesty law, but also “make effective the conditions to hold a referendum”. However, the popular ones assume that the acting head of the Executive will achieve a deal that elevates him to Moncloa, but they are preparing for a “devastating” opposition to that possibility..

In the party they assure that they will make use of all the resources at their disposal to try to blow up the pact with Carles Puigdemont and channel the social discontent that filled Felipe II Avenue in Madrid last Sunday.. The PP will have the opportunity to once again show muscle in the street against Sánchez and the amnesty in just over a week, in the demonstration that the Catalan Civil Society (SCC) will hold in Barcelona. The party leadership confirms that, in principle, Alberto Núñez Feijóo plans to attend a protest to which part of the Genoa delegation will also be sent.. Isabel Díaz Ayuso confirmed her attendance weeks ago, as did Santiago Abascal and the rest of the Vox leadership.

The PP also has an absolute majority in the Senate with which it will try to hinder the laws that come from Congress, and they are already preparing a legal response to the possible processing of an amnesty law that they will also submit to European bodies.. The objective is to exercise a “tough opposition” to Sánchez that prevents him from completing his investiture or, at least, lays the foundations for a short term for the socialist leader..

In any case, the PP will face this new stage after the investiture “united”. Although at first there were internal doubts about the appropriateness of going to a failed investiture, the entire party closes ranks with the result of the decision. After 23-J, comments a member of the leadership, “Feijóo was disoriented, with many problems explaining his project compared to Sánchez's. But, with the investiture, he has recovered that image of solvency in the face of chaos.” After several months of “up and downs” and “noise”, the formation supports the leader without fissures, even if this journey leads him, for the moment, to lead the opposition. “There is a leader for years.”