There was no doubt that the PP, after the result of 23-J, was going to turn the Senate into its watchtower to try to torpedo Sánchez's plans. Feijóo was not given the numbers in Congress to reach Moncloa, but he did achieve an absolute majority in the Upper House which, at the very least, can put a damper on the still acting Executive.. Although it has registered various appearances and commissions, the PP had still waited to supervise the Government in control sessions. Until now. This Tuesday, the Senate has set a control session for the acting Executive for next November 7, the same week in which the investiture of Pedro Sánchez could be held..

The call, however, could be void if the president of Congress sets Sánchez's investiture debate for that day.. What sources from the Upper House do confirm is that, if the plenary session is held in the Senate, the socialist leader will not attend. Precisely, the PSOE considers November 7 and 8 as possible dates for Sánchez's vote in Congress, so the first government oversight session in months could be held just a few hours before the socialist leader's inauguration..

The calendar, however, remains unknown.. But there are some keys that make possible the scenario that Sánchez requests the confidence of the Lower House next week. First, because the general secretary of the socialists has called for a consultation with his bases on his government pacts, the deadline for which ends next November 4.. And, second, because with the endorsement of militancy and the amnesty already on the table, the ideal for the PSOE would be to place the debate between the end of the aforementioned consultation and the congress of European Socialists, which is held in Malaga on November 10 and 11.

The PP has taken almost a month and a half to take the step of convening control sessions in the Senate, despite the constant complaint that Congress has frozen oversight of the Executive for weeks, despite the fact that the Cortes were formally established. last August 17. With the absolute majority it enjoys on the Senate Board, the PP could set the control sessions in the Upper House when it wanted, but in the first instance they decided to wait for Pedro Sánchez's investiture calendar to be clarified.. Finally, it has not been like that.

If the session is finally held, the PP will have ten question periods to question the members of the Government, which will be directed almost exclusively at the controversial processing of the amnesty law, especially after Sánchez loudly acknowledged that he will approve the grace measure “for Spain”, and in exchange for a new Government led by PSOE and Sumar. The decision was made just a few hours after Cuca Gamarra announced at the Genoa headquarters that the PP would oppose Sánchez and the possible amnesty law “by land, sea and air.”.

Feijóo, who now assumes his role as leader of the opposition, will toughen the pressure on the PSOE through all means. Beyond the story, the Popular Party is already working on the legal framework to try to stop the amnesty not only in the courts, but also in the Senate, where the Popular Party has the possibility of, at least, slowing down the processing of the grace measure.. This same Monday, Sánchez has laid the last stone towards his investiture after sending his Secretary of Organization, Santos Cerdán, to Brussels to build bridges with Carles Puigdemont.