Just hours after Pedro Sánchez met with his team in Ferraz to show solidarity and support, many people gathered outside the socialist headquarters to protest against the amnesty and the PSOE’s strategy for independence. There have already been six nights of protests in the vicinity of Ferraz, once back thanks to a police deployment of some 300 officers after the riots provoked on Tuesday by several radical groups.
Attendance is particularly lower than the day before. Overall, there is less tension and fewer people, even though the deployment of police insurrection is about the same as Tuesday’s. In any case, and to save the ultras from taking over the demonstration, the demonstrators ask those who come hooded or with their faces covered to “show their faces”, amid shouts of “non-violence”. Separate and identify those who are uncovered.
However, some radicals approach the leader of the demonstration. In the first rows there are fewer and fewer whistles. It turns out that little by little the hard wing is positioning itself perimeter on the side of Marqués de Urquijo street. Shortly before 10:00 p. m. , small teams with a radical profile entered the first section of the rally and, despite reprimands from the protesters, took over the row closest to the fence. From there, they display ultra symbols and congratulate José Antonio Primo de Rivera.
Throughout the afternoon, participants whistled and booed other hooded men seeking to gain positions or dressed in far-right symbols. “Violence does not constitute us,” they shouted, while several even attacked radicals. There were also arguments between demonstrators who accused others of being ultras, a banner that read “We are not CDR” and other people who said “illa, illa, illa, the barriers to Melilla”.
Furthermore, the protesters chanted insults against Carles Puigdemont or Arnaldo Otegi and demanded the presence of the PP leadership, which distanced itself from those concentrations. They also chanted against Felipe VI: “Mason, protect your nation. “
Other chants that were heard were: “Sánchez, asshole, you pass to pass to the trullo” and “Pedro, scoundrel, Spain does not stay silent” and even the already vintage “where are they, right?”. “See others, the young people of the PP. “, the historical slogan of the left-wing demonstrations in the capital, even before 15-M.
There were also songs through Cara al Sol. Some join the chants, others whistle. This type of division, also evidenced through the attempts at confrontation between hooded and exposed men (many of whom claim to be citizens of the neighborhood) give an idea of the heterogeneity of the public that attends this event, which continues to be a giant. quieter than the last two.
The Government Delegation estimates that another 1,500 people attended this sixth afternoon of protest, a figure closer to that of the first days, when the spontaneous call led to the first cuts in Ferraz. This Thursday, a public holiday in Madrid, Revuelta, the youth group linked to Vox, has called for a rally at the gates of the EU headquarters in Madrid that will move back to the Ferraz stage.
In any case, there is no shortage of slogans opposed to the press covering this week’s protests, as well as slogans opposed to the security forces, such as “Police, protect your nation,” “With the Moors you have no balls” or “those milkmaids at the border. ” In spite of everything, the atmosphere was much less tense than the day before. ” Journalists out”, “Spanish press manipulating. . . “. Protesters pounced on television journalists trying to sing along to live broadcasts. A few tremors and a few stabs in the shins, but nothing more.
In the past few days, the television channels have faced great hostility from most of the demonstrators, with chants such as those mentioned above, shouts of “murderers” and shouts of “Televisión Antosa”, directed at RTVE’s mobile phones.
Despite the violent result of the last rally – seven arrests, some 40 injured and boxes and motorbikes set on fire in the surrounding neighbourhoods – parties such as Vox continue to call for a “constant” mobilisation in which the spirit and customs of the participants are peaceful. . . . On Wednesday, in fact, it was the Solidarity, Vox-linked union, that called for a demonstration at 8:00 p. m. near Ferraz, where some 8,000 more people gathered on Tuesday, according to the government delegation.
Shortly before 10:00 p. m. , deputy José María Figaredo (VOX) arrives in Ferraz. They greet him chanting “Where is he? Don’t you see the Galician from the PP?”
The call on social networks has once again mobilized the protesters, especially because the negotiations between the PSOE and Junts are absolutely blocked, which delays the scheduling date of Sánchez’s investiture debate. The right is thus preparing for more street demonstrations that demonstrate that social sentiment, in a civic and non-violent way, is contrary to the amnesty.
The landscape of Ferraz is still armored: in recent days, the police perimeter has expanded significantly. On Tuesday, other teams tried to cross the police perimeter on both sides of Ferraz Street and provoked altercations on Marqués de Urquijo and Pintor Rosales streets.
Previously, a faction of the rally had deserted the demonstration in Ferraz and had marched, in a language of more than a kilometer, through Plaza España and Gran Vía towards the Congress. Finally, there was a sit-in in Neptune Square that blocked traffic in the capital.