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Date Published: 26/07/2023

Could the Region of Murcia be headed for another round of regional elections?

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If a president isn’t appointed in the Region by September 7 voters will be asked to go back to the polls

Could the Region of Murcia be headed for another round of regional elections?

The future of the regional government still hangs in the balance as the frontrunning party, Partido Popular (PP), and possible right-wing allies VOX have reached a stalemate. Having won the majority of the votes in the May 28 regional and municipal elections, current president Fernando López Miras is putting pressure on VOX to support his investiture.

However, attempts by the PP to resume negotiations on Tuesday July 25 were ignored, with VOX insisting they will only meet if the discussions involve their active role in a new regional government.

The PP, on the other hand, is maintaining its main red line: governing alone.

The PP released a statement on Tuesday afternoon in which it confirmed the meeting requested with VOX, and insisted on maintaining "the commitment made in the electoral campaign to form a government solely of the PP that is endorsed by the legitimacy of 43% of the votes obtained in the elections of May 28. The PP, it added, "trusts VOX's willingness to reach an agreement that avoids the blockade and new elections."

The clock for the inauguration of the president of the Community started on July 7 and will be marking time until the deadline of September 7. But, the reality is that, if no agreement is reached by then, the president of the Assembly will dissolve the Chamber of Deputies and call new local elections.

In other news: Street awnings installed in Murcia city centre to combat the heat

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