This Sunday, hundreds of thousands of people supported the demonstrations called by the Popular Party in the 52 provincial capitals of Spain against the amnesty and the PSOE negotiations on the investment of Pedro Sánchez. At the event, organized in Madrid at the Puerta de Sol, about 80,000 people occupied both the square and the surrounding streets, according to the government delegation – 500,000 according to the group. “We will not remain silent until we speak in elections and we can all vote again. Because what is being done is the opposite of what we voted for. They are afraid of the polls. “We Spaniards have the right to express our opinion,” claimed Feijóo in the capital Madrid, four months after the 23-J general elections in which the PP was the force with the most votes but had no chance of forming a government. The protest comes a few days before the investiture debate of the socialist candidate, who managed to collect 179 yes votes, representing an absolute majority and the support of all political parties in Congress except PP, Vox and UPN. Vox has supported the protests across the country, despite the open struggle with the population to lead the reaction against Sánchez in the streets. The president of the Ultras, Santiago Abascal, heard Feijóo in the Madrid public.
All events began with the reading of a joint manifesto in defense of the equality of all Spaniards. Both calls for “equality” and “freedom” were the most frequently repeated proclamations by popular leaders. “We Spaniards do not admit that the government presidency is a sell-out. We want democracy, we want justice and we want dignity. There has been nothing like this in any Western democracy,” said an energetic Feijóo in Madrid, using a harsh tone that has been used in recent days against the PSOE and Junts agreement. On Thursday he compared it to 23-F, ETA and the Catalan sovereignty challenge.
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The popular leader has not gone so far as to claim that Sánchez is implementing a “dictatorship,” as Madrid President Isabel Díaz Ayuso has affirmed, but he has spread messages that delegitimize the future coalition government. “We Spaniards will regain our freedom and dignity. Long live Spain! Long live democracy!” concluded the PP leader, as if this freedom or democracy did not exist. in the country, although he himself has described the demonstration as “legal” and stated that it “can be carried out anywhere in Spain”. Feijóo did not respond to Sánchez after the incumbent president called on the PP this Saturday in Malaga to accept the election results and to show “reason and moderation” after a week of protests marked by violent episodes in front of the PSOE headquarters to set the day.
The protests this Sunday afternoon were peaceful and reported to the government delegation, in contrast to the protests near the Socialist headquarters in recent days that have caused unrest in Madrid. In his speech, Feijóo avoided addressing or condemning violent acts. Ayuso goes further: “His project is totalitarianism. He has decided that he will not lose power, no matter what it costs Spain. This path will lead us to a dictatorship if there is no counterweight in power. “It has decided to be the executive, the legislative and the judicial,” said the leader of the Madrid PP in her speech before that of the leader. The slogans of the leader of the Popular Party and Ayuso, ensuring that Sánchez does not respect democracy, harassed those present, who responded with shouts of “Sánchez, go to prison!”, “Sánchez, dictator!” and “Sánchez, dictator”. have!” We want to vote! and “Freedom!”
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Some members of the public also called on Feijóo to go on a general strike. “If I had agreed to what he agreed to, they would certainly have held a general strike,” replied the popular leader, without explicitly calling for the strike, but also not rejecting it. Privately, sources in the PP leadership claim that carrying out this type of protest would be very complicated because the major unions would not support it. The idea of a work stoppage was proposed by the Vox-affiliated Solidaridad union.
In statements before the event, Abascal said his party would support the strike if it was called. “It is tremendous that the president, who is carrying out a coup, is calling for restraint [respeto a la] Legitimacy,” he suggested about Sánchez. “He came to power through lies and now too.” “The previous government was illegitimate and this one too,” said the Ultra leader, who then went to the PSOE national headquarters on Ferraz Street, where at 1:00 p.m. At 12:00 a.m. the authorities gathered hundreds of people again for an illegal protest.
Feijóo was supported by former Prime Minister José María Aznar; the Deputy Minister of Culture Borja Sémper; the President of the Senate, Pedro Rollán, the deputy Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo and the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, who has already described the leader of the Popular Party as “head of the opposition”, a position that he will also accept after officially hold the inauguration. Sanchez next week. After this moment, Feijóo must make decisions about the “adjustments” he wants to make within the popular executive.
The protest took place in Seville.David Arjona (EFE)
At the events called by the PP in the various provinces, the general tone of the demonstrators was slogans against the incumbent president and against Puigdemont, as well as banners with slogans such as “Spain is not for sale” and “Spanish flags”. In Seville, the President of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan Manuel Moreno, sat down at the lectern to address 50,000 people, according to the delegation and the training. “We will not be silent, we will not kneel, we will stand up for the defense of freedom and the separation of powers. From southern Spain we will wage the legal, institutional and political battle in every single corner of Andalusia,” Moreno continued, punctuated by applause and shouts of “Puigdemont, go to prison,” it said Eva Saiz.
In the Valencian Community, where the PP estimates there were 50,000 demonstrators present, the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, assured that Sánchez’s “challenge to democracy” required “a response” and warned “those who look the other way.” ” that “in the future they will regret having been complicit in their passivity.” At the same event, popular leader Esteban González Pons warned from the stage that the “ultras” were not welcome, it is said Ferran Bono.
With information from Eva Saiz And Ferran Bono.
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