The Spanish capital was paralyzed today by crowds of opponents of the third government of Pedro Sanchez and the amnesty for Catalan separatists planned by this center-left cabinet. According to the demonstration organizers, over 1 million people participated in the Madrid rally.
The protest was organized a day after the swearing-in of the third Sanchez government, which had obtained a vote of confidence from the Congress of Deputies.
"We don't want such a government!" "It's a coup d'état!", "It's the end of Spain", "We want the rule of law!", "European Union, can you see it?" - was written on the banners of the demonstrators, many of whom also brought Spanish flags.
Despite the peaceful course of the rally in Cibeles Square, in the late afternoon, some demonstrators blocked the A-6 motorway running through the capital for several hours.
Another group of protesters reached the headquarters of the Spanish government to demonstrate their disapproval of Sanchez's cabinet and its amnesty plan for Catalan separatists, including the organizers of the illegal 2017 independence referendum.
The demonstrators accuse Sanchez, the head of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), of not hesitating to "break the constitution by promising Catalan secessionists amnesty to which they are not entitled" in order to secure a vote of confidence in the Congress of Deputies.
Another group of protesters reached the headquarters of the Spanish government to demonstrate their disapproval of Sanchez's cabinet and its amnesty plan for Catalan separatists, including the organizers of the illegal 2017 independence referendum.
The Socialists, led by Sanchez, took second place in the parliamentary elections held on July 23. The victory of the center-right People's Party, however, failed to gain support for the government of its leader, Alberto Nunez Feijoo. King Philip VI entrusted the mission of forming a government to Sanchez.
