On Monday, the second vice president of the Congress of Deputies, José Antonio Bermúdez de Castro, a veteran PP deputy, foreshadowed the possibility of a week of parliamentary break, without meetings of the Board or the Board of Spokespersons. And, therefore, without progress for the initiatives of his party. That’s why he asked the president, Francina Armengolif he would assert the majority in the governing body of the House to postpone legislative activity.
– Don’t you plan to have a table this week?
– No, there won’t be this week.
This brief conversation, confirmed by THE WORLD, certified the anger of the PP, which accuses Armengol of slowing down legislative work to favor Pedro Sánchez. The popular They denounce that it has been a month since the last time the Board of Congressional Spokespersons met, on September 19. And they believe that the president of the Chamber is using the majority of the Board to avoid the “control” of the legislative power to the Government in office, since if there is no meeting of said Board, initiatives are not qualified and, therefore, the processes are slowed down. formalities.
That for Cuca Gamarraspokesperson for the popularmeans that Armengol wants to “hijack” the functions of the legislative branch to benefit the socialist candidate for the investiture.