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This Thursday, November 16, Pedro Sánchez has successfully overcome the most unexpected re-election to the Presidency of the Government of Spain. The socialist candidate has been invested in the first vote – for which, at least, an absolute majority was required – by 179 votes in favor and 171 against.. The PSOE has managed to attract Sumar (with the five Podemos deputies), ERC, Junts, Bildu, PNV, BNG and Canarian Coalition to the yes bloc, while Alberto Núñez Feijóo assumes his opposition role and leads the no bloc, in which Vox and UPN are also found.
As expected, tension continues in the streets of Madrid and this Saturday, November 18, there will be a new rally against the amnesty. It will be at 12:00 p.m. in Plaza de Cibeles and will be promoted by Mariano Gamo, creator of the Spain Civic Forum and former president of the Catalan Civil Society (SCC), which has been joined by more than 100 civil society associations..
Spain does not give up!! ️ Everyone to Cibeles on November 18 at 12:00 p.m.
Spain defends itself‼️ pic.twitter.com/4ldEUnD8Uv— Natalia Arana (@NataliaArana19) November 15, 2023
📢In the face of the attack on the rule of law, the unity and mobilization of all Spaniards loyal to the constitutional framework is essential.
We join the citizen rally against the amnesty of November 18 in Madrid.
📍Plaza Cibeles, at 12 noon.#NoEnMiNombre
— Catalan Civil Society (@Societatcc) November 13, 2023
The president of Catalan Civil Society, Elda Mata, has considered that the investiture pacts “surrender national sovereignty, which resides in all Spaniards, to minority, exclusionary and supremacist nationalism”, according to a statement collected by Europa Press. SCC has assured that the unity of all citizens is essential, and has criticized that the agreements grant “privileges to the representatives of a perverse ideology that seeks the destruction of Spain, they represent an attack on coexistence and the principle of equality of all Spaniards before the law”.
Traffic cuts for November 18
Thus, the Madrid City Council indicates on its website the traffic cuts and incidents expected for this day:
- From 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., incidents are expected in Plaza de Cibeles, Paseo de Recoletos, Paseo del Prado, Alcalá and Gran Vía
- From 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. there will be traffic cuts on Alcalá Street and Puerta del Sol
- From 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., incidents are expected at Glorieta Puerta Toledo, Toledo, Pirámides, Marqués de Vadillo, General Ricardos, Paseo 15 de Mayo and Paseo Ermita del Santo.
- From 8:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. in Marqués de la Ensenada, Génova, Sagasta, Carranza, Alberto Aguilera, Princesa and Plaza de la Moncloa
On the afternoon of this Wednesday, the thirteenth demonstration took place on Ferraz Street, in which hundreds of people gathered against the amnesty and the pacts of the PSOE with the Catalan independentists on the first day of the investiture debate of the socialist candidate , Pedro Sánchez. Under a strong police force, like the one usually arranged in these concentrations, the protesters arrived at the corner of Ferraz and Marqués de Urquijo streets, carrying flags of Spain and chanting against the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont..