The Battle Against Amnesty: The Historic Protests in Madrid and the Political Implications for Spain

2023-11-12 21:11:47

At the stroke of a quarter to 12 noon, 15 minutes before the start of the “great demonstration” of the PP against the amnesty In Madrid, attendees were already numbering in the thousands in the capital. Dressed in Spanish flags and messages against Pedro Sánchez, a couple approaches one of those responsible for organizing the event and says: “Take this music off. Today is not a holiday. We are not celebrating anything, huh”.

The most popular and festive songs of the moment continued playing for twenty more minutes until the Alberto Núñez Feijóo, along with José María Aznar. Then it was heard People have the power, Patti Smith’s anthem that Feijóo’s team uses at the most important rallies. “This is not just another rally,” lamented the couple who arrived in Sol less resigned than they already are in Genoa in the face of a new progressive government.

Because, even though the demonstrations organized by the PP in all provincial capitals, to which Vox joined, have summoned hundreds of thousands of people opposed to the PSOE pact with Junts, Feijóo and his entourage have assumed that Sánchez will not only carry out his investiture, but that he will not deviate one iota from his sheet of information. route with the amnesty no matter how much noise they make in the streets. Nor do they expect movements within the PSOE that will shake Sánchez’s leadership. Resignation in this sense is absolute.

Without violent incidents such as those unleashed in the attempted siege of the PSOE national headquarters on Ferraz Street promoted by the extreme right, the popular They are satisfied after a day of protests that they consider “historic,” although some voices within the PP baronies believe that Feijóo should have stopped the most aggressive shouts against Sánchez — “Pedro Sánchez, son of a bitch,” for example — that interrupted his intervention. They also did it when Ayuso spoke, which didn’t cut them off either.

From Genoa they insist that the objective of this Sunday was to show muscle and, above all, “demonstrate” that there is social unrest against the amnesty that has nothing to do with Ferraz’s ultra protests. Feijóo demanded to return to the polls and reassured (or warned) Ayuso who asked to “fight the battle no matter how long it may be.” “We will win this battle,” the PP president later assured.

The “battle” that Feijóo has promised to win, they say in his team, It is that of the street and the story. “Let this go ahead, but let it be known that we are against it,” they point out. Public sources close to the president of the PP. The objective is to undermine the political capital of the socialist leader on the street, with an eye toward the medium and long term, and delegitimize the Executive for the entire legislature.

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Objective: pressure the TC

“We know that the investiture and the law will come out, but let’s see what Conde Pumpido does,” they point out, pointing to the Constitutional Court, with a progressive majority after almost ten years and in the eye of all the criticism of the popular. The PP plan goes through an unconstitutionality appeal, but since there is no text yet, they cannot go to that screen.

The truth is that right now Sánchez is only acting president of the Government and candidate for the investiture. On the other hand, for the PP, and this is how they presented it this Sunday in the Sol both José Luis Martínez-Almeida Like Ayuso, Feijóo is already, officially, “boss” or “leader” of the opposition. Again. “Now like this,” some PP sources ironically point out, for whom since Feijóo took charge of Genoa he has always been in electoral mode — “he was not the leader of the opposition, he was a candidate for the elections” — convinced that he would reach La Moncloa the first time.

So, if everything goes as planned, Sánchez will be sworn in as President of the Government this week with 179 supports, 12 more than those obtained in the 2019 investiture. Against, PP, Vox and Unión del Pueblo Navarro. From Genoa they revolt against these figures and ask for elections four months after the setback that 23J meant for them.

The readings on the presence of Abascal

Furthermore, the rejection of the amnesty has caused Vox to return to the ranks of the PP this Sunday, even if it was only for a few hours. Santiago Abascal He attended the demonstration organized by the Popular Party and defended that “this is not the time for parties” but for unity. An image that for some is an insult from Abascal to Feijóo, who has insistently disowned his government partners, and for others a return to the fold of the former PP politician whom Génova blames for his frustrated expectations in the general elections.

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