Madrid Dec 11 (IANS) Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Monday that whatever the results in the Catalan regional elections on December 21 he had no intention of calling a general election.
Polls predict that the December 21 vote will be very close between parties in favor and against Catalan independence although Rajoy s Peoples Party is expected to lose votes and seats and take less than six percent of the total vote Xinhua reported.
However speaking at a meeting organised by Europa Press Rajoy insisted people should not pay too much attention to opinion polls and said that even if a bad result did happen it would not force him to the national polls before the scheduled date of June 2020.
"There doesn t have to be any early general elections as a result of the elections in Catalonia.
"Mandates usually last for four years unless there are exceptional circumstances " said Rajoy who refused to say whether he would be a candidate for a third mandate explaining it was a decision he would take "in the future".
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