More than 3,000 people participated this Friday in a new concentration against the amnesty in front of the PSOE headquarterson Ferraz Street in Madrid, and a good part of them have arrived from a demonstration called in the surrounding area by the Solidaridad union, from Voxto make their strike day visible.
These are the data provided to Efe by the Delegation of the Government of Madrid, in this new day of protests in which the protesters have once again waved Spanish flags, some with the shield cut out and others with the Cross of Burgundy, while shouting “He is not a president, he is a criminal”, “It is not a headquarters, it is a brothel” or “Sánchez to prison“.
An Irish flag could also be seen, whose capital, Dublin, suffered serious riots last night carried out by far-right groups, who hid behind in the stabbing of four peoplethree of them children, to destroy the city center.
About eight in the afternoon, about 150 people have begun to gather next to the socialists’ headquarters, where some have begun to pray in front of the Church located at the intersection of Ferraz and Marqués de Urquijo street, which had to be cut off. To that group of Ferraz Another larger group has joined in, leaving an hour before Moncloa, convened by the Abascal party union.
A supposed general strike
Solidarity held a general strike this Friday against the amnesty law for those involved in the ‘procés’ and the other pacts of the Government with the Catalan independentists. The head of this demonstration came from the Arc de Triomphe in Moncloa, with the banner “In the face of inequality, precariousness and the loss of rights. General Strike.” There, the general secretary of the union, Rodrigo Alonso, has defended this “legitimate” strike, of which he – he said – is “very satisfied” with the result.
However, Alonso has acknowledged that he was unaware of the monitoring because they were “they have denied the data” and has assured that “the information that has come out is false.” According to data from Renfe, the General State Administration (AGE) and the evolution of electricity consumption, this general strike has had “zero impact.”
During the journey to the socialist headquarters, to which numerous people have joined, slogans such as “Sánchez, two-legged rat, go back to your sewer”, “Sánchez, coup plotter”, “We are not fascists, we are Spanish” were chanted. “,” “Spain one and not fifty-one” or “Sánchez, coward, Spain is burning.” Some have even used songs to announce that this year the grapes will be harvested there.
The Police have blocked Princesa Street in one direction and have set up a security cordon in front of the protesters with a line of riot police vans. Among the protesters was the MEP and first vice president of political action of Vox, Jorge Buxadé, and deputy Javier Ortega Smith, whoLast week he joined the demonstration on several occasions in which he defended the participants and confronted the riot police, accusing them of disproportionate action and deployment.
In Ferraz, cries have been heard of “This Police defends the amnesty” or “Spain, Christian, and not Muslim”, while they lit a flare and set up two bonfires, one to burn some estelada and another to make a barbecue to roast chorizos.