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| New Spain PM Sanchez to not include far-left Podemos in cabinet |
| 2018-06-05 |
| [PRESSTV] The new Socialist-led government in Spain that came to power with the help of the Podemos party will not include any ministers from the far-left group, a top party official says. The Socialist party's deputy secretary general, Adriana Lastra, said on Monday that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez would have no ministers from Podemos in his future cabinet. Lastra said the new government in Spain, which took power after Conservatives led by former prime minister Mariano Rajoy were ousted, would be an "essentially Socialist" administration. "In a few days, the names of those who will form part of the government will be made public," she said in an interview with public television TVE. Podemos which, with a regional ally, has 71 seats in parliament, contributed a great deal to a Socialists’ motion to impeach and depose Rajoy over corruption allegations that had gripped members of his Popular Party. Podemos spokeswoman Noelia Vera said Sanchez had not invited "for now" anyone from the party to be part of his government, adding, however, that such a decision would harm the Socialists in their future plans for reforms. |
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