{"id":53579,"date":"2023-10-29T16:50:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T15:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=53579"},"modified":"2025-10-29T01:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:06:22","slug":"the-massive-protest-against-the-amnesty-overflows-the-plaza-de-colon-in-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/10\/29\/the-massive-protest-against-the-amnesty-overflows-the-plaza-de-colon-in-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"The massive protest against the amnesty overflows the Plaza de Col\u00f3n in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A crowd of Spaniards demonstrated this afternoon in Madrid after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/10\/28\/sanchezs-coup-to-the-constitution-must-have-a-massive-response-in-the-streets\/\">Sanchez's announcement defending the amnesty<\/a> for the coup plotters.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/10\/28\/sanchezs-coup-to-the-constitution-must-have-a-massive-response-in-the-streets\/\">S\u00e1nchez's coup to the Constitution must have a massive response in the streets<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/09\/21\/the-sanchezs-betrayal-of-the-rule-of-law-and-its-effects-who-will-respect-the-laws\/\">The S\u00e1nchez's betrayal of the rule of law and its effects: who will respect the laws?<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The protest took place in the Plaza de Col\u00f3n (Columbus Square), one of the largest squares in Madrid, and the public attendance was overwhelming. According to the Government Delegation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europapress.es\/nacional\/noticia-vox-concentra-100000-personas-colon-protestar-contra-amnistia-sanchez-promete-responder-20231029140525.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">about 100,000 people have demonstrated<\/a>. The demonstration was called by the DENAES Foundation and had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/10\/25\/las-asociaciones-que-apoyan-la-manifestacion-del-29-de-octubre-en-madrid-contra-la-amnistia\/\">the support of dozens of associations<\/a> <strong>and also Vox party<\/strong>. Unfortunately, the Popular Party did not attend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53295075690_9a325ef9aa_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As happened six years ago in the demonstrations against the separatist coup of 2017, <strong>many protesters came with Spanish flags and shouts of \"Puigdemont to prison\" were heard<\/strong>, in reference to the leader of that coup, who fled in Belgium and that made the amnesty a demand to support the re-election of Pedro S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53293730992_6ecbfce90b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the protest, speeches by Andrea Llopart, vice president of the S'ha Acabat association, were heard; <strong>Juan Carlos Girauta<\/strong>, co-founder of Pie en Pared; <strong>Rodrigo Alonso<\/strong>, general secretary of the Solidaridad union; <strong>Santiago Abascal<\/strong>, president of Vox party; <strong>Samuel V\u00e1zquez<\/strong>, president of the association \"Una polic\u00eda para el siglo XXI\"; <strong>C\u00e9sar Pintado<\/strong>, spokesperson for the Revuelta association; the journalist <strong>Luis del Pino<\/strong> and <strong>Iv\u00e1n V\u00e9lez<\/strong>, director of the DENAES Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53294605446_46d2603479_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Abascal denounced that <em>\"<strong>today Spain, its unity, its coexistence<\/strong>, its laws and the freedoms and equality of Spanish citizens <strong>are threatened by the general secretary of the Socialist Party<\/strong> and for the unanimous applause of the federal committee of the PSOE\"<\/em>, in reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/10\/28\/sanchezs-coup-to-the-constitution-must-have-a-massive-response-in-the-streets\/\">the scene that took place yesterday in the socialist leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53295075660_d4baea9671_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abascal has described S\u00e1nchez as the <em>\"most corrupt president in the history of Spain\"<\/em><\/strong>, denouncing that <em>\"he intends to amnesty other politicians in exchange for votes to remain in office.\" power\"<\/em>. The president of Vox has stated: <em>\"we warn you of the consequences of considering the Constitution, the laws and the equality of the Spanish people broken. <strong>The unscrupulous autocrat must know that he will answer to the Spanish people<\/strong> if he dares to liquidate the laws that bind all Spaniards and the laws that allow coexistence.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53294982939_7a1dd18822_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Abascal has pointed out that <em>\"if <strong>the government says that the laws are neither valid nor obligatory on its accomplices and investiture partners<\/strong>, then the government tells us that the laws are neither valid nor obligatory on us as a whole. the Spaniards.\"<\/em> The president of Vox has publicly addressed the socialist leader, stating: <em>\"<strong>S\u00e1nchez, you have no scruples and you have demonstrated it for a long time, to hide how you have done your betrayal<\/strong>\"<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The event ended with the Spanish Anthem<\/strong>. You can see the full video of the demonstration here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udd34 DIRECTO | Concentraci\u00f3n &quot;POR LA UNIDAD&quot; contra la amnist\u00eda\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aGTZOlFwQeY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here <strong>the video of Abascal's speech:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Discurso completo de Santiago Abascal, presidente de VOX\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QUqetB1JujU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vox_es\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vox<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rodrigo_AlonsoF\/status\/1718626241475985802\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rodrigo Alonso<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crowd of Spaniards demonstrated this afternoon in Madrid after Sanchez&#8217;s announcement defending the amnesty for the coup plotters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,10398],"tags":[20536],"class_list":["post-53579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-spain","tag-coup-against-the-rule-of-law-in-spain-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}