Vox has confirmed this Friday its attendance at the demonstrations against the amnesty for those involved in the ‘procés’ that the PP has called in all the provincial capitals for this Sunday, and has also invited citizens to later go to the headquarters of the PSOE in Ferraz to continue with the protests that began days ago.
The PP called the demonstrations earlier this week and the party leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will attend the one called at Puerta del Sol in Madrid, while other members of the party will go to the squares of other provincial capitals. Regarding the possible attendance of those from Santiago Abascal at their calls, the general secretary, Cuca Gamarra, insisted that they are open to all Spaniards and that voters from other parties could attend.
The ‘popular’ have organized several events in recent weekends to show their opposition to the amnesty, which will finally cover all the events of the ‘procés’ since 2012, as PSOE and Junts stated on Thursday after signing the agreement.
For its part, Vox has been calling for weeks for a “permanent” mobilization against the grace measure and, ultimately, against the acting Government and its president, Pedro Sánchez. In fact, after learning of the agreement signed by PSOE and Junts on Friday, it marked the beginning of “a civil resistance that will be long, peaceful and firm” and that “only has one goal: either the dictator on the bench or those of us who oppose it.” to this coup in jail”.
Previously, Abascal and other leaders have appeared at demonstrations called by civil society in various parts of Spain and, more recently, at the rallies in front of Ferraz in recent days, in which riots have been reported. The Foundation for the Defense of the Spanish Nation (DENAES), linked to Abascal’s party, also organized a demonstration in Colón that managed to bring together some 100,000 people.
The leader of Vox, who emphasizes that his party’s support for the demonstrations is limited to those that are “peaceful”, considers that the current moment of “risk” means that “it is not the time for the parties, but for supporting civil society”.
“This Sunday the 12th we will attend the demonstrations called by the PP and then we will join the peaceful marches that will end in front of the PSOE headquarters throughout Spain,” the formation chaired by Abascal has transferred through its account on the social network X ( formerly Twitter), from where he has urged to “stop Sánchez’s coup.”
In addition, PP and Vox collaborate in the territories in which they co-govern. Vox has proposed in the territories where it is part of governments with the ‘popular’ ones the call for “institutional mobilizations against the coup d’état.”
The idea, as he explained, is that the governments are the ones that can call for these demonstrations so that citizens “see that the institutions are going to defend them.” At the moment, he says, he has seen his PP partner “prone”, although he clarifies that it is still “early” to define acts of this type.
