General election for July 23

but the experts had already predicted that the most active front would move northwards during the night.

As a result, Vall d'Alba experienced 96 litres/m², with another 90.4 litres/m² in Pobla Tornesa and 83 litres/m² in Benicàssim.

A tweet from Castellon Provincial Fire Brigade read: “Until 8.30pm @BombersDipcas has carried out a total of 74 services derived from the storm of #lluvia. A total of seven people have been rescued from inside vehicles (two of them by the #URM of @BombersDipcas with HC rescue of @GVA112).”

A total of 90 calls were registered to 112 related to this episode of rain during the night. Most of them related to bailing water out of garages, vehicles blocked in subways, and the rescue of members of the public.

WITH Spanish regional and municipal elections, May 28, strongly favouring the opposition parties, President Sanchez has called an early general election as the left­wing coalition prepare to fight for their position.

A news source posted a video of Sanchez on Twitter saying: “Breaking news: Sanchez brings forward the general elections to July 23 after the PSOE’s debacle in the municipal and regional elections.”

Sanchez believes the time is due to let the Spaniards have their say, as he himself was not elected by the Spanish people. He had in fact come from a more administrative role in the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) where he had been Secretary­General.

He only became leader to try and fight the threat of the leftwing opposition Podemos party, with whom he is now in the coalition.

He replaced Mariano Rajoy when he was ousted via a vote of no confidence in 2018. Rajoy subsequently stepped down as leader of the conservative People’s Party (PP) but the PP have become resurgent in last weekend’s local elections.

July 23 could see a complete change in Spanish politics.

Sanchez had the option to wait until December to call a general election.

It would appear though, with an apparent lack of faith in the current government, the time is ripe to put the decision of national governance back to the Spanish people. July 23, could see a wholesale change of direction in Spanish politics.

Caught with papers

A WOMAN was identified by National Police officers in the Sevilla district of Dos Hermanas on Sunday May 28 in possession of 102 envelopes containing PSOE ballot papers. They reportedly caught her by surprise in the surroundings of a polling station.

According to a news source, the cops verified that the woman was not an auditor of said party and it was not even her place to vote in that polling station, which was how she came to be identified by the police on duty.

Sources from the Government Sub­delegation in Sevilla said that the policemen discovered the woman in the vicinity of the Fernán Caballero school, in Dos Hermanas, carrying 102 envelopes with PSOE ballots inside.

In a message posted on Twitter, Adrián Trashorras, the Vox candidate for Dos Hermanas thanked his party’s representatives for notifying the National Police.