Protesters, many waving crimson and yellow Spanish flags, massed within the Plaza de Espana, a big sq. within the centre of the Spanish capital, and chanted “Pedro Sanchez, resign!”.
“The expiry date on this authorities handed a very long time in the past. It is getting tiring,” Blanca Requejo, a 46-year-old retailer supervisor who wore a Spanish flag drapped over her again, informed AFP on the demonstration.
The In style Get together (PP) referred to as the rally after leaked audio recordings allegedly documented a member of the Socialist celebration, Leire Diez, waging a smear marketing campaign in opposition to a police unit that investigated graft allegations in opposition to Sanchez’s spouse, brother and his former right-hand man.
Diez has denied the allegations, telling reporters on Wednesday that she was conducting analysis for a e-book and was not engaged on behalf of the celebration or Sanchez. She additionally resigned from Sanchez’s Socialist celebration.
PP chief Alberto Nunez Feijoo has accused the federal government of “mafia practices” over the affair, and mentioned Sanchez is “on the centre” of a number of corruption scandals.
“This authorities has stained every thing, politics, state establishments, the separation of powers,” he informed the rally, occurring to induce Sanchez to name early elections.
The PP estimated that greater than 100,000 individuals attended the rally, held beneath the slogan “Mafia or Democracy”.
