In December 2016 , Cosidó returned to the Senate , as he was designated Senator by the Cortes of Castile and León , with the sole support in the regional parliament from the PP 's parliamentary group . After the ascension of Pablo Casado to the presidency of the People 's Party ( now in the opposition after the successful vote of no confidence in Mariano Rajoy ) in the summer of 2018 , the new PP leader appointed Cosidó as Spokesperson of the PP parliamentary group in the Spanish Upper house , where the party enjoyed an absolute majority of senators
vote of no confidence in Mariano Rajoy
2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy
Ignacio Cosidó