Spain’s People’s Party re-elects Mariano Rajoy as leader

SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has kept his post after his Partido Popular (PP) re-elected him to lead the party.

The prime minister submitted the only party leadership list, which was voted on at the end of the eighteenth party congress. It was upheld by 95.65 percent of ballots cast.

Among other party members to hold on to their posts was Defense Minister Maria Dolores de Cospedal, the secretary general of the conservative PP.