Spain's acting PM rejects conservative leader's request to back premiership bid

FILE PHOTO: Spain's opposition People's Party leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo attends a parliament session where lawmakers vote for a speaker and for members of the parliament's executive board in Madrid, Spain, August 17, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday rejected a request from Alberto Nunez Feijoo, leader of the conservatives, to support him in a vote to form a government and will instead seek a new term himself, his Socialist Party said.

Feijoo's People's Party won the most seats in the July 23 elections, but came short of a working majority and is trying to garner enough support in the lower house.