Pedro Sanchez was victimized again after the altercations in the Valencian city of Paiporta last Sunday. “I’m fine,” declared the leader of the Executive, even if he was never attacked. Asked about these incidents during the press conference after the Council of Ministers during which the aid plan for areas affected by the DANASánchez maintained his speech against “the perfectly organized ultra groups who were trying to do as much damage as possible to the authorities present.”
Last Sunday, residents of Paiporta expressed their indignation in the streets. Amid the chaos, Sánchez left the area escorted to a safe place, as he was allegedly hit by a stick thrown by one of the neighbors. This same Monday, Fernando Grande Marlaskaassured that Sánchez “received a blow” during the incidents and justified his flight by affirming that “there was a real and obvious risk in the person of the President of the Government, who had already received a blow, which is all completely objective.
However, the video that captured the moment of the alleged attack does not reflect the blow. The thrown stick did not hit Pedro Sánchez’s back, but that of the photographer behind him. And that’s not all: other images of the same moment recorded from another angle show that this stick did not actually touch the president. So, even if there was clearly no aggression, Sanchez He said he was “fine” and thanked the “shows of solidarity” received after the Paiporta incident.
“If you look at the images, it is easy to differentiate those who are legitimately expressing their anger from the organized ultras who were going to do harm,” Sánchez added during the press conference that followed the Council of Ministers, during which the plan was approved. for the reconstruction of affected areas. Since Sánchez de Paiporta’s escape, Moncloa has maneuvered to soften the indignation of neighbors and shift the blame to the far right.
Although Sánchez directly targets ultra groups, the Civil Guard does not think the same thing. The people who attacked the President of the Government during the demonstrations Paiporta after DANA They are not ultras nor are they linked to extreme right. This appears in the minutes of previous procedures that the Civil Guard Information Service has already given to the holder of the Torrent Court of Instruction number 3 which opened a preliminary procedure to investigate the alleged attack against the President of the Government and the throwing of objects at the Kings.
The guards used the numerous images of the demonstrations against the visit of the Kings – which they accompanied Pedro Sanchez and Carlos Mazón -, which have gone viral on the Internet, to identify the participants in the most serious events. The guards informed these people of the start of the investigation in which they are involved and, without prior arrest, they submitted the report to the court. It will be the judge who will have to specify whether an offense of disturbing public order is attributed to the detainees, who, according to the sources in the file, already represented a certain number of five people identifiednone of them are linked to far-right or similar groups. The report presented by the Civil Guard before the judge is a series of previous procedure which will be expanded throughout the week.
