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| Subject: Same ol' statist shit: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy ousted amid corruption scandal Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:27 pm | |
| After a bitter two-day debate in parliament, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday lost a no-confidence vote and was ousted from office. He will be replaced by a leader of the opposition Socialist Party.
Socialist Pedro Sanchez took over as Spain's prime minister, after outgoing leader Mariano Rajoy lost a parliamentary confidence vote triggered by a long-running corruption trial involving members of his centre-right party.
The votes was 180 to 169 with one abstention.
Rajoy appeared in parliament Friday morning and in a brief speech said, "I will accept the decision."
He added, "it has been an honour to be the leader of Spain and to leave it in a better state than the one I found. I believe I have satisfied my responsibility, which is to improve the lives of Spaniards. If I have offended someone in my role I ask forgiveness".
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/spanish-prime-minister-mariano-rajoy-ousted-amid-corruption-scandal-20180601-p4zj10.html |
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