Spanish King Felipe VI inaugurated on Monday the parliamentary blocs' talks focusing on choosing the candidate for the Prime Minister post following the July 23rd elections.

There are two strong contenders vying for the post, right wing leader Alberto Feijoo, and incumbent Prime Minister and socialist leader Pedro Sanchez.

King Felipe hosts the two-day talks at the La Zarzuela Palace gathering leaders of seven out of the 11 political blocs in parliaments.

Four blocs refused to partake in the meetings, namely the separatists blocs from Catalonia and elsewhere which did not recognize the King's authority.

As the talks end on Tuesday, the King will contact the House of Representatives to reveal the proposed candidate for the Prime Minister position and then parliament would vote.

Article 99 of the Spanish constitution did not specify that the winner of elections would be automatically chosen as Prime Minister.

The candidate must earn the vote of approval from parliament either in the first session of voting, which he/she require an absolute majority of the vote, or the second session via gaining a high percentage of supportive votes.

Both Feijoo and Sanchez do not have enough support from parliament in the first session, which required 176 of 350 MPs' votes. The two are eyeing the second session, which required the majority of "yes" votes to win the position.

Source: Kuwait News Agency