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By Catherine McGeer • Published: 13 Nov 2023 • 17:00 • 1 minute read
Murcia Rally Against Amnesty Image: X/ @ViolanteTomas
THOUSANDS of people flooded Plaza Belluga in Murcia on Sunday, November 12, responding massively to the People’s Party’s (PP) call for a demonstration against the proposed amnesty law by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. The square, adorned with Spanish flags and banners proclaiming ‘Spain is not for sale,’ became a powerful display of the PP’s strength on the streets.
Leaders Fernando López Miras President of Murcia and PP in Murcia and José Ballesta the Mayor of Murcia City urged everyone, to join the battle against the amnesty law. Families, youth, and elderly individuals, some of whom hadn’t protested since the days of Miguel Ángel Blanco, gathered to express their discontent with Sanchez’s policies.
Gracias #RegióndeMurcia.#EspañaNoSeRinde pic.twitter.com/OFx6YN3cqX — Fernando López Miras (@LopezMirasF) November 12, 2023
Gracias #RegióndeMurcia.#EspañaNoSeRinde pic.twitter.com/OFx6YN3cqX
— Fernando López Miras (@LopezMirasF) November 12, 2023
Vox leaders, present at the demonstration, emphasised the need for a united civil society against Sanchez’s divisive agreements. Despite acknowledging the likely irreversible nature of the amnesty, the PP urged citizens to continue the fight through peaceful means. The protest concluded with the crowd shouting ‘Viva España’ and calls for unity. The PP’s manifesto highlighted the nation’s historical commitment to equality, justice, and diversity, rejecting privileges, impunity, and amnesty.
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I am an Irish writer who has been living in Spain for the past twenty years. My writing centers around the Costa Cálida. As a mother I also write about family life on the coast of Spain and every now and then I try to break down the world of Spanish politics!
Maybe the PP believes in “equality, justice, and diversity, rejecting privileges, impunity, and amnesty.” but Vox certainly does not! The bloodbath that ETA unleashed AFTER democracy was realised, AFTER ALL PARTIES were LEGALISED should NEVER, EVER be whitewashed, or forgotten.
Someone should write an an article about what exactly happened to Miguel Ángel Blanco, and the multitude of others who fell foul of ETA, but do not turn to Vox, they are themselves dubious characters who wish to force their views on every single person living in Spain, maybe Europe as a whole, with their right-wing cronies.
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