MADRID, Spain.— The Congress of Deputies of Spain rejected the proposal promoted by the Vox parties y Popular (PP) in which it was called to condemn the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardofor not inviting your inauguration al king Philip VIhead of the Spanish State.
With 19 votes against Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) and the Catalan, Basque and Galician nationalists rejected the proposal, which obtained 17 votes in favor.
Vox stance
López Obrador has been a catastrophe for Mexico: more homicides, more corruption and more power for the drug cartels.
Scheinbaum begins his mandate with the same stupid offense as his predecessor to Mexico’s own Spanish history. Spain will never apologize for its… https://t.co/qlCBVoGlRD
— Santiago Abascal 🇪🇸 (@Santi_ABASCAL) October 3, 2024
On October 3, the Vox party presented its proposal, to which it added an amendment formulated by the PP.
The intention was for the Congress of Deputies to make the following message public and official:
“As a representative of the Spanish people, and with the utmost respect for the brother people of Mexico (sic), I condemn the attitude expressed by the president (sic) of the United Mexican States, Claudia Sheinbaum, against the figure of the head of State, His Majesty. Felipe VI and, therefore, the Spanish people.”
It was also proposed to urge “the government to disapprove the presence of Spanish political representatives at the inauguration” of Claudia Sheinbaum because, according to these political organizations, it represented “an attack on the figure” of the king.
It also proposed that the government “take appropriate measures to defend the historical legacy of Spain in Mexico (sic).”
Position of the Spanish Government
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, speaks of a diplomatic crisis with Mexico after King Felipe VI was not invited to the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum
“We find it unacceptable” pic.twitter.com/2EhHtxBMI7
— Joaquín López-Dóriga (@lopezdoriga) September 25, 2024
At the end of September, the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, established his position regarding the exclusion of the king from the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum and assured that no representative of his administration would attend the event.
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