MADRID: Spain’s parliament on Friday ousted Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a no-confidence vote sparked by fury over his party’s corruption woes, with his Socialist arch-rival Pedro Sanchez automatically taking over. “It’s been an honor—there is none bigger—to have been Spain’s prime minister,” he told parliament, with lawmakers from his conservative Popular Party (PP) giving him a standing ovation. “Today we are signing a new page in the history of democracy in our country,” Sanchez told parliament prior to the vote. “For the first time we may get a prime minister who didn’t win elections,” he retorted. With what moral authority do you speak?” he told Sanchez.

Source: Manila Times June 01, 2018 11:26 UTC