▁from ▁ 1 3 ▁June . ▁ ▁Op in ion ▁pol ls ▁ ▁Deb ate ▁The ▁debate ▁on ▁the ▁motion ▁of ▁no ▁confidence ▁started ▁on ▁ 1 3 ▁June ▁at ▁ 9 : 0 0 ▁UTC ▁with ▁a ▁two - hour - long ▁speech ▁by ▁Unidos ▁P ode mos ▁sp ok esp erson , ▁I rene ▁Mon tero , ▁and ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁surprise ▁inter vention ▁from ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁Mar iano ▁R ajo y , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁widely ▁expected ▁not ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁debate . ▁Pablo ▁Ig les ias ' ▁speech ▁as ▁candidate ▁followed ▁shortly ▁there after , ▁with ▁both ▁R ajo y ▁and ▁Ig les ias ▁st aging ▁a ▁parliament ary ▁du el ▁which ▁last ed ▁for ▁hours . ▁R ajo y ▁claimed ▁that ▁" a ▁government ▁of ▁Ig les ias ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁pun ishment ▁for ▁Spain ", ▁whereas ▁Ig les ias ▁rem ind ed ▁the ▁P P ▁about ▁their ▁cor ruption ▁sc and als ▁and ▁offered ▁the ▁P SO E ▁an ▁al liance ▁in ▁the ▁future ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁P P ▁government ▁down . ▁The ▁new ▁P SO E ▁sp ok esp erson , ▁José ▁Luis ▁Á bal os , ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁P SO E ▁would ▁ab st ain ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁motion ▁" w ould ▁not ▁succeed " ▁because ▁" numbers ▁don ' t ▁add ▁up ". ▁He , ▁however , ▁thank ed ▁Ig les ias ▁" on ▁his ▁tone " ▁and ▁" p icked ▁up ▁[ Ig les ias '] ▁inv itation "