159-558: A motion of no confidence in the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy was debated and voted in the Congress of Deputies between 31 May and 1 June 2018. It was brought by Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) leader Pedro Sánchez after the governing People's Party (PP) was found to have profited from the illegal kickbacks-for-contracts scheme of the Gürtel case in a court ruling made public
318-469: A Spanish nationalist ideology. The party has also been variously described as conservative-liberal , populist , and pro-European . Citizens initially presented itself as a left-of-centre party that promoted social democratic and progressive liberal positions, but it removed any mention of social democracy from its platform in February 2017, moving closer to the political centre . By 2018, it
477-523: A constitutional crisis . On 7 April 2022, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that the dismissal of the no-confidence motion, the prorogation of the National Assembly, advice of Khan to president Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly and subsequent dissolution of the National Assembly were unconstitutional, and overturned these actions. On 10 April 2022, the reconvened National Assembly passed
636-477: A leadership contest to determine his successor, whereas Sánchez would unveil his new cabinet two days later on 7 June. On 21 July 2018, the until-then PP party's vice secretary-general of communication and deputy for Ávila , Pablo Casado was elected over Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría as Rajoy's successor at the helm of the PP. Various media regarded it decisive that Rajoy and Congress speaker Ana Pastor had chosen to hold
795-493: A progressive , secular , constitutional , European federalist and postnationalist political party. Ciudadanos rejects the autonomous communities ' right to self-determination outside of the Spanish state. As an originally Catalan party, it specifically opposes Catalan nationalism due to viewing it as an outdated, authoritarian and socially divisive ideology which fuels hatred among both Catalans and Spaniards. Rivera uses
954-545: A snap general election . Unidos Podemos, Compromís and New Canaries (NCa) immediately announced their support of the initiative, with ERC and PDeCAT remaining undecided but inclined to support it if it had real prospects of succeeding. As for Cs's stance, despite the party having withdrawn its support from the Rajoy government as a result of the ruling, it was not supportive of the motion and instead demanded Rajoy dissolve parliament and hold an early general election. Sources within
1113-474: A social Darwinist , without clarifying that the quotations about genetic determinism in Allende's doctoral dissertation were themselves quotations from other authors (mostly Cesare Lombroso ) or the fact that Allende was highly critical of these conclusions in his thesis which was later published as a rebuttal to Farías' position. Farías was later sued for this, but Girauta never retracted his statements. In 2015,
1272-456: A "political earthquake" across the country, leading to a number of high-ranking members abandoning the party. In the aftermath, Cs also lost all its 26 deputies in Madrid in the 2021 Madrilenian regional election , and fell in country-wide polls from ≈7% support (≈10 deputies) down to ≈3% (≈1 deputy). In September 2023, Francisco Igea and Edmundo Bal were expelled from Citizens for criticising
1431-405: A Citizens member and candidate in the 2014 European election. During his long tenure as Libertad Digital columnist and COPE debater, Girauta expressed strong sympathies for right-wing Zionism (to the point of calling then-President Zapatero an antisemite ) and lent credibility to the now discredited book by Victor Farías dismissing socialist politician Salvador Allende as a racist and
1590-599: A bill fails to pass. Bills and motions that are considered implicit motions of confidence include appropriations or supply bills , motions concerning budgetary policy, and the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne . The government may also declare any bill or motion to be a question of confidence. Although the failure to pass those bills and motions can serve as an implicit expression of
1749-547: A confidence resolution, the Cabinet shall resign en masse, unless the House of Representatives is dissolved within ten (10) days." In Malaysia's federal political system , votes of confidence in state legislative assemblies of Malaysia have removed its heads of state governments four times, most recently Faizal Azumu's Perak ministry in 2020 . During the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis , opposition members of Parliament demanded
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#17328848286781908-538: A member of the Citizens electoral list for Gijón to the city council and regional elections posted pro- Falangist , pro- Blue Division and pro- Hitler Youth messages on Facebook. Those same elections carried news of at least five other former card-carrying Falange and/or España 2000 members. An altercation took place in Canet de Mar on 21 Ma, 2018 between pro-independence local residents, who had planted yellow crosses on
2067-517: A motion of censure by an absolute majority of its members. 2. The motion of censure must be proposed by at least one tenth of the Deputies, including a candidate for the office of President of the Government. 3. The motion of censure may not be voted on until five days after it has been submitted. During the first two days of this period, alternative motions may be submitted. 4. If the motion of censure
2226-528: A motion of no confidence to be successful, it had to be passed by an absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies. A minimum period of five days from the motion's registration (dubbed as "cooling period") was required to pass before it could come up for a vote, but no maximum was established. Other parties were entitled to submit alternative motions within the first two days from the registration. 1. The Congress of Deputies may challenge Government policy by passing
2385-541: A new cabinet headed by Sánchez. With the passage of the motion—the first to be successful in Spain since the first such vote of no confidence on 30 May 1980 , exactly 38 years earlier—Mariano Rajoy and his government were required to step down. As Sánchez was automatically deemed to have the confidence of parliament, he was formally appointed as prime minister later that day. Rajoy subsequently announced his resignation as PP leader and his farewell from politics on 5 June, triggering
2544-527: A political discourse mainly centered around opposition to Catalan nationalism , to the extent that it has been frequently criticised for being a single-issue party , a label rejected by its members. In the 2006–2012 period, the number of Cs voters who had voted for centre-right parties in previous elections was similar to the number who had voted for centre-left parties, suggesting that the party's positions on general economic and social issues are not its main draw. Cs criticises any sort of nationalism, "including
2703-525: A priority. If a motion of no confidence cannot be scheduled by the last sitting day of the annual sitting, it must be the first item on the order paper of the next sitting. In the event of a successful motion, the Speaker automatically assumes the position of acting president. On 7 August 2017, Speaker Baleka Mbete announced that she would permit a motion of no confidence in Jacob Zuma 's government to proceed in
2862-420: A prolonged period of multi-party negotiations, potentially leading to the initiative's failure—parties contrary to the PP government found their common rejection of Rajoy's premiership as the sole deciding factor at stake, turning the vote into a sort of ultimatum on whether to accept or reject Rajoy rather than a consideration of Sánchez's potential candidacy. This had the effect of turning the motion, envisaged in
3021-465: A request that the president decides on whether to fulfil. The Parliament may, by its decision, withdraw its confidence from the Government or from a member of it. A motion of no confidence can only be submitted six months after the Parliament has rejected a previous one. The motion must be signed by at least one-sixth of the members and must clearly state the issues to be debated. A motion of no confidence
3180-547: A result of the combined efforts from PSOE and Podemos, the swing of ERC and the PDeCAT in favour of the motion and the conviction that they could not politically justify be seen as the ones allowing Rajoy to stay in power. On 31 May 2018, after having unsuccessfully suggested he resign as prime minister in order to call off the censure vote, the PNV reluctantly confirmed its support for the initiative, making Rajoy's defeat all but certain. The PP
3339-552: A result. The subsequent 21 December regional election (which saw the more pro-union Cs benefitting from a plummeting in the PP vote) led to the former surging to first place in nationwide opinion polls as well as to an alienation of parties supportive of Catalan independence —namely, Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT)—further away from the national government's positions. Cs's surge in opinion polls had also seen
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#17328848286783498-598: A review and a recalculation of the Basque and Navarrese Economic Agreements in order to stop the Basque Country and Navarre being "net beneficiaries". Among other policies, they also support legalisation of marijuana , euthanasia , and gestational surrogacy . Prominent meetings of the party have been reportedly picketed by Catalan separatist groups on several occasions. Its leader Albert Rivera has received anonymous death threats urging him to quit politics. Two members of
3657-495: A snap election, with such a proposal being well received by Rivera. This had the effect—unintended by Cs—of placing the PNV into the "losing" side if it did not support Sánchez's one, having to face the prospects of an eventual successful motion and a subsequent snap election anyway. By 29 May, Sánchez had secured the support of Podemos, Compromís, ERC, PDeCAT, EH Bildu and NCa, all swayed by their common opposition to Rajoy's government, meaning that Sánchez had 175 votes: exactly half of
3816-416: A successful amendment to the budget may be considered a no-confidence vote. It is not necessarily the case that a vote with the effect of a motion of no confidence be introduced as such. As stated above, certain pieces of legislation may be treated as confidence issues. In some cases, the motion may be an ordinary legislative or procedural matter of little substantive importance used for the purpose of testing
3975-470: A tight 176–171 vote, with the decisive support of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) having been secured through a last-hour deal. This was despite the latter having pledged not to do so as long as direct rule was being enforced over Catalonia , thus theoretically ensuring the stability of the government until 2020. Rajoy's continuity in power beyond that year had sparked an internal debate within
4134-536: A vote of confidence in Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin , but he resigned before this could take place. The Constitution of Pakistan has provision for a no-confidence motion in all constituents of the Electoral College of the state. The motions can target speakers and deputy speakers of provincial and national assemblies , the prime minister , chief ministers of provinces , as well as
4293-519: A vote of no confidence is a motion that the House of Commons (federal) or legislative assembly (provincial) no longer has confidence in the incumbent government. A no-confidence motion may be directed against only the incumbent government, with confidence motions against the Official Opposition being inadmissible. Originating as a constitutional convention , it remains an uncodified practice which
4452-421: A vote of no confidence, the opposition is not required to formally present this failure as a motion of no-confidence against the government. If a vote of no confidence passes, the prime minister is required to either resign or request the governor-general to dissolve parliament and call a general election . The governor-general may refuse a request for dissolution if an election has recently been held or there
4611-426: A vote they had made a matter of confidence failed: the first Prodi cabinet in 1996, and the second Prodi cabinet in 2006. In both cases, the vote made a matter of confidence was a vote on a resolution approving the prime minister's address to one of the houses of Parliament. Article 69 of the 1947 Constitution of Japan provides that "if the House of Representatives passes a non-confidence resolution, or rejects
4770-502: Is a liberal political party in Spain . Founded in Catalonia in 2006, its political ideology was initially unclear beyond a strong opposition to Catalan independence and Catalan nationalism in general. Citizens describes itself as postnationalist , having used the motto "Catalonia is my homeland, Spain is my country and Europe is our future" in its early days; however, it has been deemed by journalists and academics as professing
4929-411: Is a matter of political judgment. A motion of no confidence on a relatively trivial matter may then prove counterproductive if an issue suddenly arises that is seen to be a more credible justification for a motion of no confidence. Sometimes, the government chooses to declare that one of its bills is a "vote of confidence" to prevent dissident members of its own party from voting against it. However, this
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5088-479: Is a political risk, especially when the Prime Minister's majority is not assured, such as if the ruling party/coalition is internally divided, or in minority government ; if the bill fails (and thus it is shown that parliament has lost its confidence in the government), the Prime Minister is expected to resign or call snap elections. In Westminster systems, the government budget is always a vote of confidence; even
5247-558: Is accepted only if it is approved by the absolute majority of the total number of members. In India, a motion of no confidence can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India ) and after at least 50 Lok Sabha members support it, the Speaker may grant a leave and after considering the state of business in the House, allot a day or days or part of a day for
5406-411: Is another leader who can likely gain the confidence of the House. If a dissolution request is refused, the prime minister must resign, and the governor-general invites the leader of another coalition/party to form a new government. Six motions of no confidence have been passed in the House of Commons: in 1926, 1963, 1974, 1979, 2005, and 2011. All successful votes of no confidence in the 20th century were
5565-405: Is clear that the government does in fact have majority support simply to pressure ministers or put opposition parties in the potentially-embarrassing situation of voting in support of the government. In many parliamentary democracies , there are limits to how often a confidence vote may be held, such as being allowed only once every three or six months. Thus, the timing of a motion of no confidence
5724-401: Is not constitutionally bound to resign after losing a given vote, such a result may be an ominous sign for the government and prompt its resignation or the calling of snap elections . In addition to explicit motions of confidence and no-confidence, some bills (almost always the government budget , and sometimes other key pieces of legislation) may be declared to be a confidence vote – that is,
5883-460: Is not going to resign", she said, "because it would not benefit the general interests of Spain and the PP". On 1 June 2018, the censure motion was voted on and approved with a 180–169 result. The sole abstention came from the Canarian Coalition , which had initially pledged its opposition to the motion but reneged at the last moment. As a result, Rajoy was required to tender his resignation to
6042-421: Is not outlined in any standing orders for the House of Commons . In the House of Commons, a member of parliament may introduce a motion that explicitly states the House has no confidence in the incumbent government. In addition to explicit motions of no confidence, several other motions and bills are also considered implicit motions of confidence, and a vote of no confidence may be asserted automatically if such
6201-507: Is not passed by the Congress, its signatories may not submit another during the same session. Concurrently, the Prime Minister was barred from dissolving the Cortes Generales and calling a general election while a motion of no confidence was pending. If the motion was successful, the incumbent prime minister and their government were required to submit their resignation to the Monarch , while
6360-459: Is requested by at least 46 Deputies. New motion of vote of confidence cannot be called sooner that 3 months after previous vote of no confidence was called. Exception applies for motion requested by at least 115 Deputies. The Sejm may also pass a vote of no confidence in an individual minister. This motion can be called if at least 69 Deputies requested it. Same voting procedure as for vote of no confidence of whole government apply. The President of
6519-421: Is that the critics are using the dispute as a pretext to canvass support for the ideologically similar UPyD. The party's economic spokesman, Toni Roldán , announced that he was leaving Citizens on June 24 2019, in protest at the party's drift to the right and its alleged willingness to enter alliances with the far-right after regional and municipal elections. Following Roldán's resignation, MEP Javier Nart and
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6678-432: Is the same as a lost vote of confidence. In this case Chamber has to vote on proposed bill within three months of its submission (otherwise president of the republic can dissolve it). Chamber of Deputies may itself start debate on vote of no confidence of the government, but only if it has been submitted in writing by at least fifty Deputies. To adopt the resolution, an absolute majority of all Deputies have to vote against
6837-534: The 1978 Constitution , especially regarding regional organisation. Regarding the chartered autonomous communities' tax regimes, the party respects and does not want to remove the Basque Country's and Navarre's chartered regimes because it believes that "they aren't discriminatory in and of themselves". However, it criticises what it calls the miscalculation of the quota or contribution which is negotiated between governments and has been causing significant differences that they regard as having become outrageous. It proposes
6996-540: The 2012 snap elections , the number of votes more than doubled (7.6%, 9 MPs). All but one of these seats were in the Province of Barcelona . In the 2015 elections , Citizens more than doubled its votes again (17.9%, 25 MPs), becoming the second largest faction in the Catalan parliament. In 2013, the party started organising in the rest of Spain with a manifesto called "La conjura de Goya" ("Confederacy of Goya") that took place in
7155-752: The 2015 general election : Although the party defines itself as postnationalist , it has been deemed by a variety of sources (including peer-reviewed expert texts) to profess a populist Spanish nationalist ideology. In a party conference held on 20 May 2018 to present its platform España Ciudadana , Rivera said in a hall filled with Spanish flags: I do not see reds and blues, I see Spaniards. I do not see, as they say, urban people and rural people, I see Spaniards. I do not see young or old, I see Spaniards. I do not see workers and entrepreneurs, I see Spaniards. I do not see believers or agnostics, I see Spaniards. [...] So, compatriots, with Citizens, let's go for that Spain, let's feel proud of being Spaniards again. In
7314-403: The 2016 snap elections , where the party lost 0.8% of the popular vote and eight seats. After these elections, Citizens struck a deal with the conservative PP in supporting its government in exchange for a number of political concessions. After a 10-month political deadlock , PP leader Mariano Rajoy was able to win investiture as Prime Minister and retain power. In the 2014 European elections ,
7473-591: The Anti-Defection Law , when the majority party has an absolute majority and it can whip party members to vote in favour of the government; still it is possible to remove the government by a no-confidence motion if the ruling party breaks by more than one third. In Ireland , if a motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach or the government of Ireland is passed by Dáil Éireann , then the Taoiseach may request that
7632-571: The April 2019 general election as well as the May 2019 local , regional and European Parliament elections . In contrast, the PP continued its stark decline in public support, with disenchanted voters shifting to support the newly-resurgent far-right Vox party —a trend accentuated after Vox's surprise entry into the Parliament of Andalusia as a result of the December 2018 regional election . Vox eventually entered
7791-449: The Catalan and European Parliament elections, receiving less than one percent of the vote in both cases. Citizens was preceded by the political platform Ciutadans de Catalunya (Citizens of Catalonia), formed on 7 June 2005 by a group of fifteen academics, writers and other figures of Catalan society (including Albert Boadella , Félix de Azúa , and Francesc de Carreras ) in reaction to
7950-403: The Catalan nationalist parties did back the motion, as that decision would not be understood by its voters. Thus, the positions adopted by ERC and the PDeCAT would prove determinant for the motion's fate. ERC granted its unconditional support to the motion, seeking to oust Rajoy and the PP from government because of their enforcement of direct rule over Catalonia, but there were divisions within
8109-518: The Congress of Deputies . Following the German model, votes of no confidence in Spain are constructive and so the motion must also include an alternative candidate for prime minister . For a motion of no confidence to be successful, it has to be carried by an absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies. At least five days must pass after the motion is registered before it can come up for a vote. Other parties may submit alternative motions within two days of
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#17328848286788268-561: The Court of Audit found irregularities in the accounting books of several political groups, Citizens among them. In respect of Citizens, the irregularities included illegal expenses for advertising on local television in 2015. Cs member Jorge Soler appeared in December 2017 on the TV3 debate Preguntes Freqüents , during which journalist Beatriz Talegón [ es ; ca ] addressed him about
8427-457: The ERC Youth were sentenced to prison for it. Members of Ciudadanos have repeatedly taken part in violent attacks on Catalan targets and far-right and ultranationalist groups are usually present in their demonstrations. In one instance, a Telemadrid cameraman was assaulted, allegedly because he was mistaken for a member of Catalan broadcaster TV3 . The Cs outlined some policies for
8586-556: The Generalitat 's plans to reform the Statute of Autonomy . The group presented their manifesto at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona on the 21st of the same month, where they called on "citizens of Catalonia who identify with our proposal to demand a political party which will contribute to the restoration of realism", expressing their lacking confidence in the government to "address
8745-506: The Libertas coalition. The party's association with Declan Ganley 's Libertas platform raised some concern on account of the coalition formed by the latter with nationalist and ultranationalist parties in each of its local European chapters, seemingly at odds with the professed ideology of Cs. Several intellectuals that had participated in the formation of Ciutadans later withdrew their support. For example, Albert Boadella became one of
8904-596: The Ninth European Parliament , Ciudadanos sat in the Renew Europe group with six MEPs. Bold indicates best result to date. To be decided Present in legislature (in opposition) Junior coalition partner Senior coalition partner In 2006, the newspaper El Periódico de Catalunya revealed that Rivera was a card-carrying member of the conservative People's Party (PP) between 2002 and 2006 and that he had left
9063-707: The President dissolve the Dáil and call a general election . Whether or not to grant this request is at the discretion of the President, though no President has ever refused a request for dissolution. Should the President refuse to dissolve the Dáil, the Taoiseach and government must resign. The motion of no confidence is outlined in Israeli Basic Law Article 28 and Article 44 of the Knesset's Rule of Procedure. In Italy ,
9222-522: The Senate . The subsequent Constitutional Court sentence in 1996 declared it was indeed possible to propose an individual vote of no confidence against a single minister , instead of the whole government, and that as such, the motion Mancuso was legitimate. The government can also make any vote a matter of confidence. In the entire history of the Republic of Italy, only two governments were forced to resign when
9381-476: The monarch . If the motion is unsuccessful, its signatories may not submit another motion during the same session. Citizens (Spanish political party) Citizens (Spanish: Ciudadanos [θjuðaˈðanos] listen ; Catalan: Ciutadans [siwtəˈðans] ; shortened as Cs — C's until January 2017), officially Citizens–Party of the Citizenry ( Ciudadanos–Partido de la Ciudadanía ),
9540-431: The political centre . Although some observers agreed with the party's ideario by describing Cs as centre-left and others agree with Rivera's last definition by describing the party as centrist, the vast majority of them have positioned Citizens on the centre-right . Federico Finchelstein identifies Citizens with a light brand of " neo-liberal populism ". Ideologically, Cs describes itself as
9699-578: The referendum on the 2006 Catalan Statute of Autonomy , several members of the group were assaulted by pro-independence activists. A second manifesto was presented at the Teatro Tívolí in Barcelona on 4 March 2006. Their founding conference was held in July in Barcelona, where Citizens was formally incorporated as a political party under the full name of Ciudadanos – Partido de la Ciudadanía (Citizens–Party of
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#17328848286789858-490: The seventh Fanfani cabinet in 1987. Parliament can withdraw its support to the government through a vote of no confidence. A vote of no confidence may be proposed if a tenth of the members of either house sign the proposition and within three days before the appointed date, the vote can be brought into the discussion. Since the drafting of the Constitution of Italy , Parliament has not passed any no confidence motion against
10017-483: The 11 times that the motion has been invoked, nine cases targeted those posts, with four being effective. Votes of no confidence in prime ministers are extremely rare. In November 1989, Benazir Bhutto faced an ultimately unsuccessful motion of no confidence by Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi . Same is the case for provincial chief ministers , as the only instance of its use is the one moved in January 2018 against Sanaullah Zehri ,
10176-512: The 2018 budget. Since it appeared unlikely for Sánchez to collect the support of such a heterogeneous grouping of parties in favour of his candidacy—going from the left-wing EH Bildu and Podemos to the centre-right PDeCAT and PNV—the conviction settled among PP's ranks that the motion would fail. Numerous inter-party meetings and phone calls took place between 25 and 30 May, seeing the PSOE sending their organization secretary, José Luis Ábalos , to probe
10335-513: The Asturian leader Juan Vázquez stepped down as well, leaving their political offices in the party's committee and the Asturian Parliament , respectively. Some days later, Francesc de Carreras , one of the party founders, and Francisco de la Torre, MP and economist, also announced that they would leave the party due to its stances against the PSOE and supposed inclination to alliances with
10494-446: The Catalan educational system in accordance with which all public schooling is delivered in Catalan. The party also supports strengthening the powers of the Spanish central institutions and curtailing the powers of regional administrations. Other topics include a thorough reform of the electoral system with the aim of creating greater proportionality that would give less weight to single constituencies. They also support some changes in
10653-567: The Citizenry): Albert Rivera , 26 years old at the time, was elected its first leader. In the 2006 elections for the Parliament of Catalonia , Citizens won 3% of the votes and returned three MPs, including Rivera. In the 2010 elections , a similar result was achieved (3.4%, 3 MPs). Mainly as a counterweight to the growing public support for independence in Catalonia, the party grew substantially as one of its most outspoken opponents. In
10812-574: The Congress Palace of Madrid . In the 2015 general elections , Cs entered parliament with 13.9% and 40 seats. As PP's Mariano Rajoy refused the mandate to form a government, Citizens promised the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) its support in parliament in exchange for a number of political concessions. However, this pact would have needed the support of Podemos , which Citizens could not abide by; this deadlock ultimately led to
10971-431: The Congress for the second part of the debate. Rajoy's absence, which came to be iconically—albeit unwittingly—symbolised by deputy prime minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría 's placement of her handbag on the empty seat of the prime minister, was duly noted by various media and politicians at a time when it was becoming increasingly apparent that the motion would pass, with Pablo Iglesias commenting that "It's shameful that
11130-593: The Congress to approve it. The president of the republic may dissolve Congress if it has censured or denied its confidence to two Cabinets. The relevant Articles 132–134 are in the 1993 version of the Constitution of Peru . During the 2019 Peruvian constitutional crisis , President Martín Vizcarra enacted a constitutional process on 29 May 2019 to create a motion of no confidence towards Congress if it refused to co-operate with his proposed actions against corruption. Pedro Castillo also motioned to use this mechanism against Congress in 2022 when he attempted to dissolve
11289-468: The European Parliament election, the party was left with no members of the Congress of Deputies, Senate, European Parliament, or any regional parliament, but still retained 392 at the municipal level. At first, Citizens branded itself as a centre-left party in its statement of principles ( ideario ). While Rivera refused to locate Citizens on the political spectrum for a time, he later placed Cs in
11448-474: The House came in October 1941, when the House rejected the budget of Arthur Fadden 's minority government. Specific motions of no confidence or censure against the prime minister , ministers, the leader of the opposition , senators and leaders of political parties have been successful on some occasions. Motions of no confidence against the government may be passed in the Senate but have little or no impact in
11607-518: The House. However, the Senate's right to refuse supply helped spark the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis . In the Parliament of Bangladesh , there is no provision to hold motions of no confidence, as a result of Article 70 of the Constitution of Bangladesh , which prohibits members of Parliament from voting against their party and made the removal of a sitting government unattainable. In Canada ,
11766-495: The King, and Sánchez became prime minister. Opinion polling conducted in the days leading to and during the events of the vote of no confidence showed large support for the motion. PSOE and Podemos voters were found to be overwhelmingly in support, whereas PP voters mostly rejected the move. In contrast, Cs voters were found to be more frequently divided on the issue, rejecting the continuity of Rajoy's government but not being supportive of
11925-435: The National Assembly via secret ballot . It was the eighth motion to be brought against Zuma in his presidency and the first to be held via secret ballot. After the vote was held the next day, the motion was defeated 198–177, with 25 abstentions. Around 20 governing ANC members of Parliament voted in favour of the measure. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 provides for motions of no confidence to be proposed by one-tenth of
12084-418: The PDeCAT as both former and incumbent Catalan presidents Carles Puigdemont and Quim Torra advocated for an abstention—and, thus, for the motion's failure. The more moderate sector led by the PDeCAT's coordinator-general Marta Pascal , who favoured Rajoy's ouster and urged party colleagues to vote accordingly, was able to swing the party's official stance into supporting the initiative. Attempts to pressure
12243-438: The PNV saw the PSOE accepting to call an early election as a way to make it appear as if it was attempting to court Cs to its side, as well as Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias proposing to Cs leader Albert Rivera that, in the event of Sánchez's motion failing to succeed, then their both parties could join to sign an "instrumental" censure motion with the only goal of appointing an independent candidate who would then proceed to call
12402-435: The PP in several regions. This popularity did not last long: after refusing to form a coalition with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), that year's November snap election saw Citizens lose 47 seats and become the country's smallest national party, resulting in leader Albert Rivera 's resignation and departure from politics. This proved to be the first of a succession of electoral defeats that would set Citizens on
12561-531: The PP only three months before running for election in Citizens. This was corroborated by El Mundo and El País . Despite these revelations, Rivera denied having been a full member of PP and implied that he had voted for the PSOE until recently. Past PP membership is common among Cs members. Former PSC activist Juan Carlos Girauta had joined the PP and became a prolific contributor to conservative journalism from his Libertad Digital column before becoming
12720-424: The PP's decline in popularity under then-Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy . Entering the Congress of Deputies in 2015 in fourth place, it became the single largest party in the Parliament of Catalonia in 2017 and entered government in multiple autonomous communities. Citizens reached its electoral zenith at the April 2019 general election , where it became the third-largest party in the country and pulled ahead of
12879-472: The Rajoy resignation hypothesis. While Rajoy had publicly rejected the idea of resigning, the viability of such scenario, coupled with the real chances of a motion success, led King Felipe VI to clear out his schedule for the week in order to remain reachable at the Zarzuela Palace in the event that he was required to sign a resignation or appointment decree. During Rajoy's absence from the second part of
13038-576: The Republic have to recall a minister who failed to pass vote of no confidence passed by the Sejm by a majority of votes of the statutory number of Deputies. Any member of Parliament in the National Assembly may request a motion of no confidence in either the Cabinet, excluding the president , or the president. The Speaker, within the rules of Parliament , must add such a motion to the order paper and give it
13197-426: The Sejm. Sejm can by constructive vote of no confidence replace prime minister (and his government) with other person included in the vote. In order for motion of no confidence to pass and remove government the Sejm has with majority of all its Deputies vote for new prime minister (President of the Republic then have to appoint new prime minister). Vote of no confidence against sitting government can be called only if it
13356-438: The Spanish legal system as constructive , into a "destructive" one, precipitating the downfall of Rajoy and his government. The motion's success had a sizeable impact in Spanish society. The PSOE, which had languished in opinion polls conducted prior to the events surrounding the motion, and which had not won an election at the national level since 2008 , was propelled to first place nationally in opinion polling, going on to win
13515-403: The Spanish nationalism that Mr. Ynestrillas defends". One of the main issues raised by the party is the Catalan language policy which actively promotes the use of Catalan language as the sole working language of Catalan public administration. The party challenges this policy and defends equal treatment of the Spanish and Catalan languages. It also opposes the current language policy within
13674-408: The beach to honor imprisoned and fugitive politicians; and anti-independence individuals who decided to remove said crosses. The altercation left at least three people wounded, including an 82-year-old man and a local CUP councilor who explicitly accused Citizens and Falange militants from across the whole region to be among the provocateurs. Citizens Member of Parliament Carlos Carrizosa dismissed
13833-535: The candidate proposed in the motion was automatically considered to have the confidence of the Congress of Deputies and immediately appointed as prime minister. If unsuccessful, the signatories of the motion were barred from submitting another during the same session. The procedure for motions of no confidence was regulated within Articles 175 to 179 of the Standing Orders of the Congress of Deputies, which provided for
13992-478: The chairman and deputy chairman of Senate . Before it can be put for a vote on the pertinent house's floor, it must have the backing of at least 20% of the elected members in all cases except those moved against speakers or deputy speakers in which case there is no minimum. After being put to vote, the motion is deemed to be successful only if passed by a majority. The no-confidence procedure has historically been mostly used to remove speakers and deputy speakers. Of
14151-602: The chamber, one short of the legal threshold of 176 needed for the vote to succeed. Facing the possibility of defeat, Rajoy himself attempted to personally persuade the PNV into remaining at his side, utilising his contacts with Confebask—the Basque Business Confederation, believed to be able to exert some influence on the final decision—to add to the pressure on the Basque party. However, the latter's leaders were already leaning towards supporting Sánchez's initiative, as
14310-497: The chief minister of Balochistan , who resigned before the vote could take place. Since gaining independence in 1947, only Imran Khan was successfully removed as prime minister through a motion of no confidence in 2022. An earlier attempt led by the opposition was dismissed by the deputy speaker Qasim Suri using Article 5 of the constitution. Later on, President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly immediately after receiving advice from Prime Minister Khan to do so, causing
14469-471: The claim that either "councillors or party activists" from the party were involved in the incidents. Four days later and despite admonishments and warnings by President of the Parliament Roger Torrent , Carrizosa himself removed a yellow ribbon from the seats reserved for absent Cabinet ministers, forcing the President to suspend the entire session. During the 2006 Catalan election campaign,
14628-471: The co-founders of the Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) party led by former Basque Socialist politician Rosa Díez . According to some members of Cs, the negotiations prior to this electoral pact were led personally and secretly by the party leader Albert Rivera. This alienated the other two MPs (besides Rivera himself) and a significant part of the party from his leadership. In turn, the official stance of Cs
14787-404: The continued support (or at least non-opposition ) of the majority in the legislature. Systems differ in whether such a motion may be directed against the prime minister , against individual cabinet ministers, against the cabinet as a whole, or some combination of the above. A censure motion is different from a no-confidence motion. In a parliamentary system , a vote of no confidence leads to
14946-499: The country and rejected the offers for him to resign as prime minister (a move which could have possibly allowed the PP to remain in power, but with himself out of government). At lunchtime, Rajoy retreated into the Arahy restaurant close to the Puerta de Alcalá , where he would stay until the night after receiving confirmation from the PNV that they would be supporting the motion, not returning to
15105-399: The current head of state is not a priority for the party, Rivera has said that Citizens is "a republican party which claims that Spanish citizens are who have to decide whether they prefer a once-modernized monarchy or a republic through a referendum in the context of a constitutional reform". According to its declared identity signs, Cs advocates four basic lines of action: Cs displays
15264-425: The debate on the motion starting with its defence by one of the signatory members without any time limitations, to be followed by an also time-unlimited speech by the nominated candidate to explain their political programme. Subsequently, spokespeople from the different parliamentary groups in Congress were allowed to speak for thirty minutes, with an opportunity to reply or rectify themselves for ten minutes. Members of
15423-464: The discussion of the motion (under sub-rule (2) and (3) of rule 198 of Lok Sabha Rules, 16th edition). If the motion carries, the House debates and votes on the motion. If a majority of the members vote in favour of the motion, it is passed, and all the ministers are expected to resign on their moral grounds. J. B. Kripalani moved the first-ever no-confidence motion on the floor of the Lok Sabha against
15582-459: The downfall of Mariano Rajoy's government and in Pedro Sánchez becoming new Prime Minister of Spain . Public opinion at the time was found to be overwhelmingly in favour of the motion, as revealed by polling conducted in the days previous and during the events leading to the vote. Subsequently, on 5 June, Rajoy announced his resignation as PP leader and his withdrawal from politics after having led
15741-399: The election of speaker to not be a matter of confidence. This was passed in 1985 and is now part of the standing orders. The confidence convention is also present in the provincial legislatures of Canada, operating much like their federal counterpart. However, the decision to dissolve the legislature and call an election or to see if another coalition/party can form a government is left to
15900-535: The end of the German Weimar Republic . Frequently, chancellors were then turned out of the office without their successors having enough parliamentary support to govern. Unlike the British system, chancellors do not have to resign in response to the failure of a vote of confidence if it has been initiated by them, rather than by the parliamentary opposition, but they may ask the president to call general elections,
16059-408: The entire cabinet . Again, depending on the applicable rules, censure motions may need to state the reasons for the motion, but specific reasons may not be required for no-confidence motions. However, in some countries, especially those with uncodified constitutions , what constitutes a no-confidence vote sufficient to force the resignation of high officeholders may not be clear. Even if the government
16218-426: The fading out of the main opposition party, the PSOE, and its leader, Pedro Sánchez —not a deputy in Congress since his resignation as such in October 2016—who found himself needing to recover the political initiative for his party. Finally, on 23 May 2018, the day before the ruling's publication, Mariano Rajoy and his government were able to get their budget for that year passed through the Congress of Deputies in
16377-476: The far-right. This crisis came after French President Emmanuel Macron 's government sent a warning to Citizens, with which his En Marche! party shared membership in the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament , over its alleged willingness to work with the far-right Vox . A credit was requested for party funding in 2015 to Banco Popular Español , up to 2017 an IBEX 35 member. In 2017,
16536-406: The first part of the debate on 31 May, the motion was defended by PSOE's José Luis Ábalos, which was followed by Rajoy's reply and then by Sánchez's speech. Rajoy defended his seven year-timespan in government, attacked the PSOE for its "indulgence" of its own corruption scandals, warned about the alleged prejudices—both economic and political—that, in his opinion, the motion's passage would entail for
16695-400: The government and the PP acknowledged that the parliament's arithmetics meant that the motion could have a realistic chance of succeeding, as the support of PSOE and Unidos Podemos together with that of peripheral nationalist parties would be enough to win the vote. They also admitted having lost control over the legislature and did not rule out a snap election for late 2018 or early 2019 even if
16854-569: The government are rare in Denmark, only occurring in 1909, 1947 and 1975. Generally the government will resign or call for an election before a vote of no confidence. The European Parliament can dismiss the European Commission , the executive body of the European Union, through a successful motion of no confidence, which requires a two-thirds vote. A successful vote on the motion leads to
17013-588: The government of prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in August 1963, immediately after the disastrous Sino-Indian War . As of August 2023, 31 no-confidence motions have been moved. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi faced the most no-confidence motions (15), followed by Lal Bahadur Shastri and P. V. Narasimha Rao (three each), Morarji Desai and Narendra Modi (two each), and Jawaharlal Nehru , Rajiv Gandhi , V. P. Singh , H. D. Deve Gowda , Atal Bihari Vajpayee , and Manmohan Singh (one each). Prime Minister Vajpayee lost
17172-770: The government or after first sitting of newly elected Sejm , appoint prime miniter and on his recommodation other members of the government (prime minister have to submit resignation of the government at first sitting of new Sejm). 14 days after being appointed by president government must present their programme to the Sejm and ask for a motion requiring a vote of confidence. Motion is passed if more present Sejm deputies votes for government than against it. At least half of all Deputies have to be present. If government fails to pass vote of confidence (or if president failed to appoint government in time) then President of Sejm nominate prime minister and government which has to also pass vote of confidence. If vote of confidence passed then president of
17331-435: The government requires the support of both houses of Parliament . Within ten days of the government's formation, a confidence motion must be passed. Five governments were forced to resign when a motion of confidence in them failed to pass in one of the houses of Parliament: the eighth De Gasperi cabinet in 1953, the first Fanfani cabinet in 1954, the first Andreotti cabinet in 1972, the fifth Andreotti cabinet in 1979 and
17490-458: The government survived the vote. Rajoy was reportedly "deeply disgusted" with the move staged by Sánchez, with whom he had come to trust over the Catalan issue over the previous months. He cancelled his prime ministerial schedule and held a press briefing the day of the motion's announcement on 25 May, where he accused Sánchez of "seeking to govern with whoever at any cost" and of "lacking the moral legitimacy for tabling [the motion]". The debate and
17649-418: The government were allowed to take the floor and speak at any time of their request during the debate. Pedro Sánchez 's decision to table the motion was taken in the hours following the publication of the court ruling on 24 May, having been persuaded to do so by his closest collaborators following the refusal from Mariano Rajoy and his government to give out any explanations or take any actions in response to
17808-537: The government's majority, such as the 1895 vote of no confidence in the Earl of Rosebery's government , which was technically a motion to reduce the salary of a minister by a nominal sum. In the Australian Parliament , a motion of no confidence requires a majority of the members present in the House of Representatives to agree to it. The House of Representatives has 151 members and so requires 76 votes in favour of
17967-597: The government. Paragraph 15 of the Danish Constitution states that "A Minister shall not remain in office after the Folketing has passed a vote of no confidence in him" and that "When the Folketing passes a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister, he shall ask for the dismissal of the Ministry unless writs are to be issued for a general election." The vote requires a simple majority . Votes of no confidence against
18126-401: The inverse, a motion and corresponding vote of confidence ) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative assembly (usually a legislative body ) as to whether an officer (typically an executive ) is deemed fit to continue to occupy their office. The no-confidence vote is a defining constitutional element of a parliamentary system , in which the executive's mandate rests upon
18285-601: The leaking of a 2011 video showing her being detained in a supermarket for shoplifting , ultimately contributed to Cifuentes announcing her resignation on 25 April 2018. On 22 May, two days before the National Court's ruling on the Gürtel case was made public, former Valencian president Eduardo Zaplana was arrested by the Civil Guard as a result of ongoing investigations for alleged money laundering and bribery crimes. Since
18444-427: The legislative body . The Congressionally-appointed Constitutional Court of Peru , during the presidency of Castillo, would rule that only Congress could interpret whether or not a motion of confidence has been made. The Constitution of Poland (1997) provides for government responsible to the Sejm (lower chamber of the Parliament of Poland ). President of the Republic have to no more than 14 days after demise of
18603-760: The legislature. The Constitution of the Czech Republic provides for government responsible to the Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber of the Czech parliament ). Any new government, appointed after demise of previous one, must no more than 30 days after being appointed by president of the republic , request motion of confidence vote from Chamber of Deputies . Motion of confidence is passed if more deputies votes for government that against her. Otherwise government have to resign and president can appoint new government. If also this government fails to gain confidence of then President of
18762-427: The motion of no confidence against Khan by a majority vote of 172, being the first successful ousting through no–confidence motion. In Peru, both the legislative and the executive branches have the power to bring a motion of no confidence against acting legal members of the other branch. The president of the Cabinet may propose a motion of no confidence against any minister to Congress, which then needs more than half
18921-480: The motion when all members of the House are present. A straight vote of no confidence in the Australian government and a motion or amendment censuring a government have never been successful in the House of Representatives. However, governments have on eight occasions resigned or advised a dissolution after their defeat on other questions before the House. The last time that a government resigned after being defeated in
19080-556: The motion's tabling by the PSOE. The judicial ruling was the last in a series of corruption scandals that had beleaguered the minority PP government following the troubling 2016 government formation process . Joining the string of corruption investigations unveiled in April 2017—that had seen a previous, unsuccessful motion of no confidence being tabled by Unidos Podemos (the political alliance of Podemos and United Left ) in June that year—was
19239-483: The motion's tabling, the Citizens (Cs) party of Albert Rivera had been in the lead in opinion polling for the most part of 2018. Rivera's erratic attitude during the lead up to the motion and its ultimate result—which saw his party voting against it—were widely regarded by media and political commentators as causing political initiative to shift from Cs towards Sánchez's PSOE, which would go on to win all elections held over
19398-528: The national, European and many regional parliaments and local councils for the first time throughout 2019. The result of the vote and the motion itself were also regarded as a major blow to Cs's strategical prospects, with the party going from leading most opinion polls during the first part of 2018 to being overshadowed by the new prime minister's rising popularity and media prominence. From that point onwards, Cs leader Albert Rivera—whose decision to promptly withdraw his party's support from Rajoy's government after
19557-401: The national, regional and local level", while judging that Mariano Rajoy had not been "truthful" in his testimony as a witness during the trial. The severity of the ruling had prompted Rajoy's then-major parliamentary ally, Citizens (Cs), to publicly withdraw its confidence and supply support from the government and proclaim it as marking "a before and an after" in Spanish politics, prior to
19716-463: The next year: general , local , regional and to the European Parliament . The failed 2019 government formation process and the electoral repetition in November that year would ultimately see a collapse in support for Cs and Rivera's resignation as party leader. The motion was registered by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) on 25 May 2018, one day after the governing People's Party (PP)
19875-465: The no-confidence motion by a margin of one vote (269–270) in April 1999. Prime Minister Desai resigned on 12 July 1979 after being defeated in a vote of no-confidence, V. P. Singh and H. D. Deve Gowda were also removed in no-confidence motion. The two most recent no-confidence motion were against the Narendra Modi government, in 2018 and in 2023, both of which were failed in the Lok Sabha. Even after
20034-490: The parliamentary debate on 31 May, rumours spread throughout the Congress's hallways that he was about to resign in favour of his deputy Sáenz de Santamaría. PP secretary-general and defence minister María Dolores de Cospedal , who was known as the most ardent political rival of the still deputy prime minister both within the party and in the government, came out to speak in a press conference that afternoon to publicly silence any rumours of an upcoming resignation: "Mariano Rajoy
20193-477: The party for 14 years, vacating his seat in parliament and returning to his position as property registrar in Santa Pola . Prior to his ouster, Rajoy had hinted at the possibility that he might not seek re-election for a third term in office, with his ultimate farewell sparking a leadership contest that would see Pablo Casado being elected as new party chairman. Before the unveiling of the court ruling that led to
20352-563: The party lost 80% of its seats in the November 2019 general election . He was succeeded by Inés Arrimadas . In March 2021, Citizens, together with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , presented a surprise no-confidence motion in the Region of Murcia against their own regional coalition government with the People's Party . The motion failed due to defection of several Ciudadanos deputies, and triggered
20511-451: The party lost all but one of its seats in the Cortes of Castile and León , as well as all of its seats in the Parliament of Andalusia . The party chose not to contest the 2023 Spanish general election after facing a near-total collapse in that year's regional and local elections ; save for a handful of municipalities, 2024 has seen the party lose the last of its electoral representatives in
20670-520: The party received 3.16% of the national vote and elected two MEPs . Both MEPs joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group. The party was accepted into the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party on 4 June 2016. In the 2019 European elections , the party obtained 12% of the vote, and won a total of seven MEPs (which, post-brexit, has become eight MEPs). Rivera resigned as party president on 11 November 2019 after
20829-400: The party's decision not to contest the 2023 Spanish general election . Igea did not appeal the decision and did not resign his seat. This left Cs without any seats in Spanish regional parliaments, outside of Catalonia. The party would lose all of its seats in the Parliament of Catalonia in the 2024 election , and all of its seats in the 2024 European Parliament election a month later. After
20988-473: The party's president Albert Rivera appeared completely naked in a poster in order to attract publicity to the party. In the beginning, the party frequently complained about an alleged boycott on the part of Catalan media. In their opinion, the party was given too little airtime to present its views on the Catalan public television. In 2009, it was announced that Cs would run for the European election allied with
21147-486: The party, as he had hinted at the possibility that he might not seek re-election for a third term in office. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 required for motions of no confidence to be proposed by at least one-tenth of the Congress of Deputies —35 out of 350. Following the German model, votes of no confidence in Spain were constructive , so the motion was required to include an alternative candidate for prime minister . For
21306-611: The path to near-complete political collapse, with the party's decline mainly benefitting the PP and Vox. In 2021, the party failed to pass a no-confidence vote against its own regional government with the PP in Murcia , after which its coalition partner in the Assembly of Madrid triggered a snap election over fears of meeting the same fate — this resulted in Citizens losing all of its Madrilenian seats , having already lost 30 of its 36 seats in Catalonia earlier that year. The following year,
21465-466: The phrase " Catalonia is my homeland, Spain is my country and Europe is our future" to describe the party's ideology. The party opposes separatist movements such as the Catalan independence movement and federating the autonomous communities. Even though Citizens is currently a supporter of European federalism , it ran in the 2009 European Parliament election in coalition with the pan-European, Eurosceptic party Libertas . Although reconsidering
21624-649: The previous day. This was the fourth motion of no confidence since the Spanish transition to democracy and the first one to be successful, as well the second to be submitted against Mariano Rajoy after Unidos Podemos's motion the previous year . Coincidentally, it was held 38 years after the first such vote of no confidence in Spain on 30 May 1980 . The motion passed with the support of 180 deputies —those of PSOE, Unidos Podemos , Republican Left of Catalonia , Catalan European Democratic Party , Basque Nationalist Party , Compromís , EH Bildu and New Canaries —and resulted in
21783-428: The prime minister's seat during a motion of no confidence is occupied by a handbag!". The next day, Rajoy went to parliament right before the vote to take the floor for one last time, stating that "it had been an honour to be prime minister of Spain" and wishing Sánchez "good luck" in his future role. From the motion's announcement to its being voted upon, there was speculation in the media and within political circles on
21942-608: The provincial lieutenant-governor . Two Canadian territories, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut , operate as a consensus government system in which the premier is chosen by the members of the nonpartisan legislature. If a vote of no confidence against the incumbent government passes, the premier and the cabinet are removed from office, and the legislature elects a new premier. In a consensus government, confidence motions may be directed against any individual ministers holding office as they are also nominated by members of
22101-558: The real problems faced by the general public." In this manifesto, they declared that "the rhetoric of hatred promulgated by official Catalan government media against everything Spanish is more alarming than ever" and that "the [Catalan] nation, postulated as an homogenous entity, has taken over the space where an undeniably diverse society lives". Leading up to their formation as a political party, Ciutadans de Catalunya organised several round table meetings and conferences that were occasionally met with controversy; at one event held ahead of
22260-443: The registration. Also, the prime minister is barred from dissolving the Cortes Generales and calling a general election while a motion of no confidence is pending. If the motion is successful, the incumbent prime minister must resign. According to the Constitution, the replacement candidate named in the motion is automatically deemed to have the confidence of the Congress of Deputies and is immediately appointed as prime minister by
22419-422: The republic has to formally appoint this government. Otherwise president again may nominate members of the government as in first instance. If even this time government fails to pass vote of confidence, then President of the Republic has to call new parliamentary election. Prime minister can ask Sejm for vote of confidence. Government as whole but also individual ministers (for their ministry) are responsible to
22578-615: The republic have to appoint prime minister proposed by President of the Chamber of Deputies. If also this time government fails to gain confidence of the Chamber then president of the republic may choose if he again appoints prime minister of his choice (government still need to pass motion of confidence), or if he orders dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies and sets new elections. Government can at any time ask Chamber of Deputies for vote of confidence. Government can also connect voting on government-sponsored bill with request for vote of confidence. If bill fails to pass in Chamber of Deputies it
22737-399: The required parliamentary support that he needed to succeed. Initially, the PP was reported as being confident in surviving the vote due to Sánchez's contested leadership within his own party—still reeling from its 2016 internal crisis and the harsh contest of the 2017 leadership election —and the belief that they had the decisive support of the PNV after having secured it for the approval of
22896-455: The resignation of the Prime Minister and Cabinet , or, depending on the constitutional procedure at hand, a snap election . On the other hand, censure is a non-constitutionally-binding expression of disapproval; a motion of censure may be against an individual minister or a group of ministers. However, depending on a country's constitution, a no-confidence motion may be more directed against
23055-432: The resignation of the entire Commission. In Germany , a vote of no confidence in the federal chancellor requires the opposition, on the same ballot, to propose a candidate of its own whom it wants the federal president to appoint as its successor. Thus, a motion of no confidence may be brought forward only if there is a positive majority for the new candidate. The idea was to prevent the state crises that occurred near
23214-409: The result of a loss of supply ; votes of no confidence in 2005 and 2011 were the result of explicit confidence motions presented by the opposition. In 1968, the standing orders respecting supply were amended to limit opposition to two confidence motions on a given opposition day in each of the three supply periods. This provision was repealed in June 1985. In 1984, a proposal was made to consider
23373-445: The sentence. In accordance with the Constitution's requirements, the PSOE designated Sánchez as candidate for prime minister , who announced that, should the motion be successful, he would aim for the establishment of a "transitional government" that would ensure the country's "governance" and recover "democratic normality" in the wake of the huge political crisis sparked as a result of the Gürtel sentence and other scandals, then call for
23532-407: The stance of other parties to the motion. Podemos's support was guaranteed—with the party having pledged to back any such initiative since its own attempt in 2017 and its leader, Pablo Iglesias , actively helping the PSOE in securing the support of other parties—whereas Cs had been discarded as a potential ally over its hostile position to allowing Sánchez's election as prime minister. Thus, securing
23691-476: The support of the PNV would be essential, as it would allow the numbers for the motion to reach the 176-seat threshold together with all other likely allies. The PNV was in a difficult position: in an U-turn move, it had just helped approve Rajoy's budget for 2018 in exchange for economic benefits for the Basque Country , but it did not want to be singled out as the "savior" of the unpopular Rajoy's government if
23850-488: The tabling of Podemos's motion in June 2017, events other than corruption scandals had also contributed to the weakening of Rajoy and his government's stand in society. Among others, the constitutional crisis starting in September 2017 over the Catalan government 's attempt to hold an independence referendum contrary to the Constitution and diverse judicial rulings, as well as the enforcement of direct rule over Catalonia as
24009-521: The transpiring of evidence in March 2018 that Madrilenian president Cristina Cifuentes could have obtained a master's degree in the King Juan Carlos University through fraudulent means, which evolved into a full-fledged scandal by April as both the university and Cifuentes's regional government were found attempting to cover up the scandal through document forgery . The affair, together with
24168-555: The unveiling of the Gürtel sentence was said to unwittingly contribute to Sánchez's move to table the motion—lost the political initiative and, after a brief success in the April 2019 general election (in which his party came nine seats short of overcoming Casado's PP as the main opposition force in Spain), would be forced to resign and withdraw from politics following his party's meltdown in the election of November 2019 . Motion of no confidence A motion or vote of no confidence (or
24327-405: The vote immediately after the registration of the motion. Envisaged as a move aimed at thwarting the motion by limiting the time available for negotiations to occur, it instead led to opposition parties being forced to hastily decide their public stance on the vote. Without time for any clashes or disputes to take place over programmatic contents or political concessions—which could have ensued during
24486-447: The vote on the bill is treated as a question of confidence in the government; a defeat of the bill expresses no confidence in the government. There are a number of variations in this procedure between parliaments. In some countries, a motion of no confidence can be directed at the government collectively or at any individual member, including the prime minister . Sometimes, motions of confidence or no confidence are proposed even though it
24645-405: The vote on the motion of no confidence were scheduled by then- President of the Congress of Deputies Ana Pastor for 31 May and 1 June, a mere week after it was tabled—a stark difference with the 2017 one, which had been scheduled for three weeks after its registration—in what was regarded as a deliberate attempt to foil the initiative by preventing Pedro Sánchez from having enough time to negotiate
24804-436: The whole cabinet, as government crises often ended with prime ministers resigning after becoming aware the majority of parliament did not support them anymore, before a no confidence motion could be put to vote or even before such a motion was presented. The only time this instrument was used was in October 1995, when the minister of justice Filippo Mancuso was forced to resign after a vote of no confidence against him passed in
24963-532: Was found by the National Court during their investigation of the Gürtel case to have profited from an illegal kickbacks-for-contracts scheme, with the confirmation of the existence of an illegal accounting and financing structure that ran in parallel with the party's official one since its foundation in 1989. The Court had ruled that the PP helped establish "an authentic and efficient system of institutional corruption via mechanisms to manipulate public tenders at
25122-490: Was judged by commentators to have drifted further away from the left, as its focus shifted to competing against both the People's Party (PP) and Vox as the leading party of the Spanish right. This was concurred by opinion polling and the research institute CIS , who also deemed the party to be right-leaning. The party initially enjoyed growing support throughout the 2010s on a regional and national level, owing to its staunch opposition to Catalan independence as well as
25281-411: Was thrown into a state of shock and disarray, as within one week the party went from a sense of relief following the approval of the 2018 budget to suddenly facing the prospects of the first successful vote of no confidence in democratic Spain. This would oust hundreds of party members from public office, forcing the whole party into opposition and thwarting Rajoy's plans for an orderly succession. During
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