The left took to the streets this Saturday in Valence campaign against Carlos Mazon for disaster management DANA in the Valencian Community. However, even if all the cries of protest heard were directed against the president of the Generalitat, they were not the only ones: among these tens of thousands of people, those who wanted to join the demonstrations to demand the resignation of Pedro Sánchezalso by DANA. Were expelled from the demonstration.
Activists from Compromís, Podemos and independence groups monopolized the media spotlight, located in leader of the demonstration which started from the City Hall and ran through the most central streets, until reaching the Palau de la Generalitat. However, those who were excluded from the project were the neighbors who highlighted the poor management of the Sánchez executive.
A video recorded by one of those present includes images of a group calling for the resignation of Sánchez and Mazón, whom a woman tries to chase from the area, while in the background we hear “this is only against Mazón!”. to prevent critics of socialists from adhering to it. The young girl insists, and raises her voice: “You cannot put yourself at the head of this demonstration“. He claims that “they did not organize it”, and he therefore intends to prohibit them from joining the demonstration.
The protesters against Sánchez are trying to talk to the police to be able to exercise their right to freedom of expression like the others, without success. “!It’s not about colors, it’s about people“, shouts one of the censored to a left-wing group which tries to cover her voice with another cry: “Mazón resigns!”. “Of course yes, but so does the other one!”, she replies. Likewise , another of the girls reports that they I tried to paste and that they have compared to rapists and sexists.
THE Violence broke out in Valencia with the manifestation of the left and pan-Catalanism, to the point of leaving 31 police officers injured. The police officers that the demonstrators confronted, 4 people arrested due to acts of vandalism. The radicals launched flares against City Hall.
Free route to Valencia and Ferraz armored
At the same time, in Madrid, a group of demonstrators also tried to approach the sPSOE headquarters on Ferraz Street to protest against the policies of the Executive of Sánchez, a year after the demonstrations against the amnesty law in the same area. He contrast between one manifestation and another It is remarkable: in Valencia, the police opened the way for the demonstrators to the Palau gate, where the march ended; in Madrid, the PSOE headquarters was armored by agents, who charged demonstrators who were trying to demolish the fences that cut off access to the PSOE headquarters.
While OKDIARIO’s cameras captured the lack of troops To protect the Presidential Palace of the Generalitat Valenciana, agents of the Police Intervention Units (UIP) threw rubber bullets at Ferraz to disperse citizens, some with flares. The only demands that resonated forcefully were those for Mazón’s resignation. Those of Sánchez’s resignation have been silenced.
