NO CONFIDENCE Spain’s interim Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy (bottom right), is shown in the Spanish Congress (Las Cortes) on September 2 in Madrid during the third day of a parliamentary investiture debate to vote through a prime minister. Spanish MPs rejected Rajoy’s bid to form a minority government for the second time in three days, setting the country on course for a possible third election in a year. AFP / PEDRO ARMESTRE
NO CONFIDENCE Spain’s interim Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy (bottom right), is shown in the Spanish Congress (Las Cortes) on September 2 in Madrid during the third day of a parliamentary investiture debate to vote through a prime minister. Spanish MPs rejected Rajoy’s bid to form a minority government for the second time in three days, setting the country on course for a possible third election in a year. AFP / PEDRO ARMESTRE

MADRID: Spanish lawmakers on Friday (Saturday in Manila) rejected acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s bid to form a minority government for the second time in 48 hours, setting the country on course for a possible third election in a year.

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