MADRID (Sputnik) – The members of the parliament will be named on Thursday and the Cabinet of Ministers will take an oath on Friday, Rajoy told the journalists.
He also urged all political parties to work responsibly and to honor all their commitments, including those to Europe.
The reshuffle in the Cabinet of Ministers was announced, namely, acting Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo y Marfil and acting Defense Minister Pedro Morenes will leave the government.
On Saturday, Spain’s lower house of parliament known as the Congress of Deputies approved the appointment of Mariano Rajoy, the Popular Party's (PP) leader seeking reelection, as the country's prime minister.
Rajoy’s candidacy was upheld by 170 votes, 68 lawmakers abstained from voting and 111 voted against. The second round of voting required a simple majority to grant Rajoy his second term in office.
On Wednesday, Rajoy lost the first round of parliamentary voting failing to secure his status after a nearly year-long deadlock.
