The president of the Junta de Andalucía and PP-A candidate for re-election, Juanma Moreno, has suggested this Friday that, if his party were to fall just one seat short of an absolute majority in Sunday's Andalusian elections, it would be "logical and sensible" for both the PSOE-A and Vox to facilitate his investiture through abstention.
On the last day of the campaign, Moreno argued that such a result would, in his opinion, represent a sufficiently clear political endorsement to allow the formation of a government without the need for an explicit favorable vote from other parties. He explained that it would be enough for both parties to abstain to allow his investiture and the establishment of the new Andalusian executive.
The Popular Party leader has warned, however, that both the socialist candidate, María Jesús Montero, and the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, have already made it clear, according to his account, that they do not consider this possibility.
Moreno warns of a deadlock scenario
Moreno has raised the risk of institutional deadlock in the event that there is neither a sufficient majority nor abstentions to allow for investiture. He explained that this situation could delay the effective constitution of a new government in Andalusia for months, with a caretaker government having limited capacity to make certain decisions.
Among these limitations, he cited the impossibility of launching new public examinations, approving laws, or passing regional budgets, which, in his opinion, would ultimately harm citizens directly.
In this context, the PP-A candidate has insisted on presenting the electoral event not only as a choice between parties, but also between governability and deadlock. Moreno has also expressly ruled out seeking an agreement with Vox similar to those that party has in other autonomous communities such as Extremadura or Aragon if he does not manage to regain an absolute majority.
In an interview with Cadena Cope, he assured that he does not contemplate negotiating with VOX after the elections because he expects to achieve a new sufficient majority.
The final campaign message
In the final stretch of the campaign, Moreno has once again stressed the importance of several seats still in contention in provinces such as Córdoba, Huelva, Cádiz, and Málaga, where, as he pointed out, the result could be decisive in retaining or losing the majority.
He has also spoken out against the possibility of Andalusia depending politically on decisions conditioned outside the autonomous community, in reference to Vox and its national leadership.
The Andalusian president has defended his so-called “Andalusian way” as a model based on stability, moderation, trust, and progress, as opposed to what he considers scenarios of political confrontation in other territories.
Regarding VOX, he has acknowledged coincidences on issues such as the territorial integrity of Spain, support for security forces, or tougher penalties against drug trafficking, although he has rejected other proposals from the party, such as the so-called “national priority,” which he has reduced to a campaign slogan without a place, in his opinion, within the current legal framework.