MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will seek to clinch a new term in a parliamentary vote on Thursday, the lower house speaker Francina Armengol said on Monday.
The vote will follow a parliamentary debate scheduled to start at noon local time (1100 GMT) on Wednesday, she told reporters.
Sanchez looks assured of winning a new term with an absolute majority of the 350-member assembly.
The prospect of the amnesty has brought thousands of opponents to the streets over the past week.
After an inconclusive election on July 23, Sanchez's Socialist Party spent weeks negotiating with smaller parties, most of which had supported him in 2020 for his previous term.
Persons:
Pedro Sanchez, Francina Armengol, Sanchez, UPN's, Inti Landauro, David Latona, Andrew Cawthorne
Organizations:
Junts, ERC, Sanchez's Socialist Party, Bildu, Canary Coalition
Locations:
MADRID, Catalan, Spain, Basque, Navarre