This is Feijóo’s first international trip to Ibero-America since he was appointed president of the political space last April, replacing Paul Married. He had previously traveled to some of those countries but as head of the Xunta de Galicia and, in fact, held a meeting with Lacalle in January 2020.
Between November 4 and 11, the president of PP will hold meetings with political leaders, businessmen, representatives of the Spanish community, the academic world and the culture of these four countries.
At the institutional level, apart from Lacalle, he will hold meetings with the president of Ecuador, William Lassoand the former presidents Mauricio Macri (Argentina) and Sebastian Pinera (Chili). No meeting is scheduled with the current Chilean president, Gabriel Boricnor with the Peronist Alberto Fernandezboth at the head of leftist governments.
With an eye on the elections and after suppressing the requested vote
This trip, which will also allow the leader of the opposition reinforce its exterior profilealso has his sights set on the 2023 general elections. In fact, this tour comes a few months after Congress approved the suppression of the requested vote which for more than ten years has been required of voters residing abroad. Instead, a series of measures were approved to facilitate the participation of voters from abroad.
Feijóo’s trip comes a week after the PP issued a statement suspending negotiations to renew the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) and the Constitutional Court for the reform of the crime of sedition.
In this last week, the PSOE and the PP They have dedicated themselves to blaming each other. The ‘popular’ have demanded that the Prime Minister rectify his intention to “lower” the crime of sedition in order to design legislation “tailored to the independence supporters”.
Source: Ambito
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