The protests a possible amnesty for Catalan independents in exchange for supporting the socialist’s investiture Pedro Sanchez as president of the Spanish government They were repeated this Wednesday for the sixth day in a row in Spain.

Hundreds of people gathered again outside the headquarters of the socialist party PSOE in cities including Madrid, where strong anti-riot police were deployed after incidents on Tuesday that left six people arrested and 39 injured in Spain’s capital.

Between Spanish flags and banners reading “Sánchez go now” or “Pedro Sánchez prison”, the demonstrators chanted slogans such as “United Spain will never be defeated”, “Pedro Sánchez resigns”, “He is not a president, he is a criminal” and “Spain is on fire.”

Some gathered and demanded that there be no violence during the rally, one of them with a megaphone in hand, and that the fences erected by police not be moved to prevent incidents.

The police placed in one of their vans two young people with their faces covered who had been accused by other demonstrators who did not want a violent attitude.

As in previous days, those present included members of far-right groups.

About 7,000 people gathered on Tuesday, according to official data, and some protesters sparked incidents by clashing with police, who charged them, leaving six prisoners, one of them a minor, and 39 injuries, including 30 police officers. .

The Socialists are negotiating in Brussels with the Catalan independence party Junts about their support for Sánchez’s investiture. while protests have been going on in Spain since last weekend against a possible amnesty law for independentists who are prosecuted by the Justice Department in exchange for that support.

The European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, has asked Spain’s caretaker government for “detailed” information about this law, which he said raises “serious concerns.”

Investiture of Pedro Sánchez

Spain held elections last July in which the conservative People’s Party won the most votes, but did not receive the parliamentary support needed to take power. The party is now trying to reach the second power with the most votes, the PSOE, with the support of various parties, such as Samen.

The negotiations are led by this group by Carles Puigdemont, former president of the regional government of Catalonia who resides in Belgium after fleeing Spanish justice following the unilateral declaration of independence in 2017.

The deadline for the investiture is November 27 and if this is not met, new elections will take place, in principle in January next year. (JO)