The future amnesty law that Pedro Sánchez is finalizing to return to the Government has encouraged a wave of mobilizations throughout Spain that began at the end of this week in front of the Ferraz headquarters, will continue throughout this Sunday and will extend over the next few days in parts of the country.
Not only have the Popular Party and Vox been at the forefront of the protests, but different civic organizations have been in charge of calling more demonstrations for this month of November in cities such as Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona to protest the concessions to the independence movement.
Civil society took to the streets this Sunday in Barcelona, León, Vigo, Córdoba and Villarreal. Next week, cities like Seville, Murcia, Alicante and Santander will take to the streets to protest against the future regulations. The concentration last Friday at the national headquarters of the PSOE, where the Police arrested a man for trying to jump the cordon and refusing to identify himself, will be repeated this Monday at 8:00 p.m.
There will also be protests at the various socialist headquarters in various parts of Spain. The massive protest has been scheduled through social networks.
Police unions and Civil Guard groups have also rebelled against Pedro Sánchez’s plans. Next Friday, the Unified Police Union (SUP) and the Unified Association of Civil Guards (AUGC) will gather in front of the Barcelona courts to show their rejection of the agreement reached by the PSOE and ERC for the investiture of Pedro Sánchez. It is a symbolic day, since there are declarations of 1-0 in the court. The rally seeks to show support for the prosecuted agents.
For his part, Alberto Núñez Feijóo has confirmed that he will attend the demonstration against the amnesty called next Saturday, November 18 in Madrid, organized by different civic organizations. “Not in my name: neither amnesty nor self-determination. For freedom, unity and equality” is the motto of this protest, which will take place that day at 12:00 p.m. in Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid.
The Popular Party of the Valencian Community has called an event in “defense of the equality of all Spaniards” in Valencia. This protest will be held next Sunday, November 5, starting at 12:00 p.m., in Plaça dels Furs, next to the Serrano Towers. This demonstration is part of the various protests that the PP has already been holding in different Spanish cities, such as Malaga or Madrid.
Barcelona features prominently in protests against the amnesty. The Catalan capital will be the scene of several protests by constitutionalist groups who demand to stop the agreement reached by the socialists with the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and the one being forged with Junts per Catalunya since they consider it a “covert coup d’état.”
This Monday, the Revuelta youth organization has called a rally in front of the PSC headquarters in Barcelona. It will be at 8 p.m. and at the same time it is also urged to protest at the PSOE headquarters in Madrid, on Ferraz Street, the scene of the concentrations of recent days, in front of socialist premises in Badajoz and Seville.
“We cannot remain silent while Sánchez sells Spain to coup separatism,” says this entity that some media places close to Vox and adds: “Let’s keep the pressure on the streets! Bring your flag, banner, whistle or horn so we can be heard.” See and listen very loudly, “Sánchez, traitor!”
Other constitutionalist entities have joined the Barcelona call, such as S’ha Finish, which will also be present, along with other organizations and political parties, in the mobilizations that will take place in Barcelona this week.
Police unions and groups of the Armed Institute will undermine next Friday the amnesty for those accused of the ‘procés’ and will show their support for the agents prosecuted by 1-O. They also announced that parties such as Ciudadanos or Vox will attend this event. Union organizers believe that officers are being “humiliated” and that the National Police and Civil Guard are “being used as bargaining chips in negotiations to form a government.”
Furthermore, they regret that the two bodies “are losing their influence and presence in Catalonia due to the continuous intention to subtract powers and expel the civil guards and national police from this autonomous community.” “From both police organizations we denounce that, putting our own physical integrity at risk, the police and civil guards complied with government orders aimed at restoring constitutional order,” they add and assure that the Government “tries to grant amnesty to those who broke the State.” of law to negotiate and whitewash what seriously happened that day and try to judicially condemn and humiliate the police and civil guards who acted with total seriousness and professionalism on 1-O”.
That is why they regret that in Catalonia “the staff of the Mossos d’Esquadra is increased, the budget allocation for this regional police is increased while the State Security Forces and Bodies are denied recognition of the Special Singularity Zone complement” . On the other hand, the Catalunya Suma entity called for the demonstration in the center of Barcelona ‘Not in the name of Spain, no to amnesty’ for next November 12. About twenty constitutionalist organizations have joined it, both Catalan and from the rest of Spain, in addition to PP, Cs and Vox.
In this sense, the organizers hope that “all the constitutionalist groups of Barcelona and, in a special way, the different leaders of the political formations in Catalonia” will attend, although it is organized by civil society entities. The protest comes a month after another against the amnesty organized by Societat Civil Catalana in the center of the city that housed about 50,000 people.
The president of Catalonia Suma, Eva Higueras, urged people to take to the streets “now more than ever to make the voice of society that calls for unity and not division seen and heard” and added that “it is essential to show united rejection.” of the entire society to a covert coup d’état that Sánchez and the independentistas intend to perpetrate.