Barbón is elected president of Asturias within the first vote because of the help of Convocatoria and Podemos

The appearing president and candidate for re-election, Adrián Barbón, has been re-elected president of the Principality of Asturias, this time with an absolute majority of the Chamber because of the help of the Call for Asturias-IU and Podemos. PP, Vox and Foro have abstained from voting.

Adrián Barbón has thus managed to be sworn in as president within the first vote, which required an absolute majority of 23 deputies of the Chamber, so the plenary session scheduled for this Friday, July 21 to face the second vote –which required a easy majority– lastly it is not going to be held.

The appointment of Barbón within the first spherical has been potential because of the favorable vote of the Call for Asturias-IU, which introduced on election evening that it could help Barbón no matter whether or not there was a authorities pact or not. Now PSOE and IU are agreeing on the formation of a progressive unity authorities for the following 4 years.

At the final second, the deputy of the Covadonga Tomé Mixed Group (Podemos) joined the help of Convocatoria por Asturias, who complied with the choice of the militancy, which supported the sure with nearly 70% of the votes of the 205 individuals within the session. The Citizen Council of Podemos additionally supported this help for the candidate by 87%.

Once Adrián Barbón has been voted president, the president of the parliament, Juan Cofiño, will notify the King for his appointment by Royal Decree. This Royal Decree will likely be printed this Thursday within the Official State Gazette (BOE) and within the Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias (BOPA). The regional president will take workplace inside the 5 working days following the publication of the appointment.

Barbón has already introduced that his intention is to current the members of his new Executive on August 1 on the newest.

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