Post by Diarist on Feb 9, 2018 19:58:51 GMT 1
President Alcalá-Zamora had no choice but to appoint CEDA leader José María Gil-Robles prime minister although he had dissolved the Cortes (7 January 1936) specifically to avoid that outcome.
After the elections of November 1933 which had resulted in a victory for the right, to which Alcalá-Zamora was very hostile, with constant institutional confrontations throughout its term in office. The party with the highest number of votes was the Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas (CEDA), but it did not have enough seats to govern on its own. Alcalá-Zamora refused to appoint CEDA leader José María Gil-Robles prime minister and instead appointed Alejandro Lerroux, who then cooperated with the CEDA. In October 1934 Gil-Robles obtained two ministerial portfolios for CEDA; the following March he acquired three more, though at first he stopped short of trying to obtain the office of Prime Minister.
The nomination of Gil-Robles caused considerable dissent within Spain and demonstrations, some violent, were widespread in regions with a Popular Front majority.
After the elections of November 1933 which had resulted in a victory for the right, to which Alcalá-Zamora was very hostile, with constant institutional confrontations throughout its term in office. The party with the highest number of votes was the Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas (CEDA), but it did not have enough seats to govern on its own. Alcalá-Zamora refused to appoint CEDA leader José María Gil-Robles prime minister and instead appointed Alejandro Lerroux, who then cooperated with the CEDA. In October 1934 Gil-Robles obtained two ministerial portfolios for CEDA; the following March he acquired three more, though at first he stopped short of trying to obtain the office of Prime Minister.
The nomination of Gil-Robles caused considerable dissent within Spain and demonstrations, some violent, were widespread in regions with a Popular Front majority.