Mass protests against Sanchez after re-assuming the prime ministership of Spain

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting After the re-election of Socialist Pedro Sanchez as Prime Minister of Spain, 4,000 people demonstrated in the country’s capital, Madrid, according to Focus magazine. The Spanish newspaper “El Pais” reported that the number of protesters was not the same as previous protests. It was an amnesty for Catalan separatists. “Sánchez” has promised amnesty to the two Catalan parties in exchange for their vote in his election as prime minister, and in this way, he has caused a lot of criticism against him.

Participants in the demonstration chanted slogans of “national unity” and “long live Spain”, waved Spanish flags and presented nationalist symbols such as coffins with the inscription “RIP Democracy”. Sánchez was subjected to the usual insults in Spanish from the protesters, and attacks were made on his personality, politics and even his family. “We will take him to jail,” Vox said in a press release about Sanchez. Being young, they threw bottles, tennis balls, barriers, firecrackers and incendiary materials at the police. A Spanish TV reporter was also attacked by demonstrators. They first covered his camera with the Spanish flag and then chased him away with threats and insults. Then the police broke up the protest rally. Europress news agency quoted the country’s police as reporting that seven people, including a police officer, were slightly injured during these protests and violence. “El Pais” reported at least dozens of arrests.

Conservatives and right-wing populists in Spain accuse Sanchez of wanting to establish a “dictatorship” and democracy, separatism. It endangers the strength and unity of Spain. That is why, according to them, Spaniards should protest until new elections are held. Sanchez was elected as the new prime minister on Thursday in the first round of voting with an absolute majority of parliamentarians. In this way, Pedro Sánchez, a social democrat, was confirmed as the Prime Minister of Spain for another four years. 2018 governs the EU’s fourth largest economy with minority governments.

The decisive factor for Sanchez’s re-election was the support of the two Catalan parties that he promised He proposed an amnesty law for independence supporters of this separatist region.

The conservatives (PP) and the extreme right party Vox promised Sanchez because of the amnesty law. separatists were accused of violating the law.

Alberto Núñez Feijo, leader of the opposition People’s Party, won early parliamentary elections on July 23 but failed to take over. Prime Minister won the majority for himself. On the other hand, Sánchez was able to organize a majority for himself along with the left coalition of Somar and the Catalan and Basque regional parties, as well as a few other representatives.

Amnesty promised. Sanchez favors separatists, particularly those activists who were prosecuted by the Spanish justice system after Catalonia failed to secede from Spain in 2017. Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who could return to Spain after years in exile, would also benefit.

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