A large crowd of people gathered today in Madrid following the call of the Platform for Constitutional Spain, which brings together more than a hundred civil entities. While the organizers stated that participation was around 400,000 people, the Government Delegation reduced it to 25,000. The protest was main objective ask for the resignation of the president Pedro Sanchez and demand the call for early elections.
In the Plaza de Castilla, the attendees, carrying Spanish flags, expressed their discontent towards the Government for the amnesty to the ‘procés’, the accusations of corruption surrounding Sánchez and his party, and the law recently published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), which benefits the ETA prisoners.
He Popular Party and Vox They also joined the demonstration. However, while the PP maintained a low profile, Vox had the presence of its leader, Santiago Abascal. Although both parties agreed in calling for the Sánchez’s resignationalso criticizing his support for the attorney general of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz, who has been the first attorney general in functions in Spain in being accused.
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