Por eso no habría tenido la oportunidad de votar a favor del texto original, que se habría aplicado en esas circunstancias y podría haber parecido, pues, que votaba en contra del principio, y no quería que eso ocurriese.
I therefore would not have had the opportunity to vote for the original text, which would have fallen in those circumstances, I could, therefore, have appeared to vote against a principle, and that I did not wish to do.