The public shouts at Pedro Sánchez: "Let Txapote vote for you!", on October 12

He tried by all means, but the public that had surrounded the area around Plaza de Neptuno since early in the morning shouted louder.. Pedro Sánchez has been rebuked once again, for the fifth consecutive year, in the parade on the occasion of the National Holiday.

The acting President of the Government arrived at the authorities' tribune three minutes before the Kings of Spain with Princess Leonor. The public address system did not announce his arrival and he barely walked through the square, but the public detected him and insulted him again, something that Margarita Robles acknowledged on Wednesday that always happened, but that the Executive spent these days blaming to the Popular Party of expletives. “Every time the Popular Party does not govern in this country, the National Festival stops being everyone's party and becomes the party of insults,” Isabel Rodríguez said from the table of the Council of Ministers.

There were more than three minutes of boos, which overlapped with the cheers received by the caravan that brought the Kings, in the National Heritage Rolls Royce, and the Princess of Asturias, in a vehicle with its blue banner.. When the Kings greeted the President of the Government, part of the public intoned: “Let Txapote vote for you!”

The presence of the Kings with the Princess of Asturias, who returned to the parade after two years of absence and with her Army gala uniform with gold cords of a second-year cadet, double viewing angle and grancé beret. This year Don Felipe chose the Air Force gala uniform and Doña Letizia debuted a long-sleeved blue midi dress.

The music band played the national anthem, at which point we saw the King and his daughter standing at attention.. Next, honors were paid and the head of the Honors Battalion presented news to Don Felipe, who reviewed that unit before greeting, along with Doña Letizia and the Heiress, the authorities present.

In addition to the President of the Government and the Minister of Defense, there were: the Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz; the Minister for the Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares; the Minister of Justice, Pilar Llop; the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero; the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grade-Marlaska; the Minister of Transport, Raquel Sánchez; the Minister of Education, Pilar Alegría; the Minister of Industry, Héctor Gómez; the Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas; the Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños; the Minister of Territorial Policy, Isabel Rodríguez; the Minister of Culture, Miquel Iceta; the Minister of Health, José Manuel Miñones; the Minister of Social Rights, Ione Belarra; the Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant; the Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón; the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, José Luis Escrivá, and the Minister of Universities, Joan Subirats. Only the Minister of Equality and the Economy were missing.

The presidents of all the autonomous communities were also present, except for Catalonia and the Basque Country.. Representatives of the parliamentary groups also took their corresponding places on the platform.

After greeting the authorities, First Corporal Gómez Hurtado, a member of the Air Force Acrobatic Parachuting Patrol, jumped with the national flag hanging at her feet.. This is the same corporal who performed the jump on Armed Forces Day and it is the first time that a woman has done it on October 12. With this and after the tribute to the fallen, an aerial and ground parade began.

This year the parade multiplies the presence of material. Thus, there will be 57 airplanes, 29 helicopters and 109 vehicles. 3,121 soldiers and 120 horses will be mobilized. All of them will make the 1,600-meter route along Paseo del Prado and Recoletos, from the Botanical Garden to Plaza de Colón.. A note, the goat that will be paraded is a goat called Pacoli.