In 2017 , Iglesias and Podemos tabled a censure motion against the PP government due to a series of corruption scandals . The other opposition parties refused to support it , and the motion failed , with only 82 votes in favor against 170 opposed and 97 abstaining . As no-confidence motions in Spain are constructive , Iglesias designated himself as replacement candidate for Prime Minister in the event his motion succeeded in toppling Rajoy
censure motion
2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy
Pablo Iglesias Turrión