At the very least 15 folks have been arrested in Madrid on Wednesday evening, November 15, after an anti-amnesty protest turned violent forward of an investiture vote for Spanish President Pedro Sanchez on Thursday, native media reported.
In accordance with reports, the decision to protest was unfold via the Telegram messaging app by numerous teams carefully tied to the Spanish ultra-right wing.
The protests have been motivated by the amnesty bill – a pact the Spanish president made with Catalan pro-independence events whose votes he wanted to be reelected. In alternate, amnesty was supplied to these concerned within the illegal Catalan referendum from 2017.
Sanchez was sworn in again as president on Thursday, November 16.
Catalan President Pere Aragones wrote on X: “Pedro Sanchez, elected president of the Spanish authorities. Now, it’s time to fulfill the agreements reached, akin to … the financial enhancements and the amnesty.”
Footage right here, recorded by Catalan video journalist David Melero, exhibits clashes between police and protesters, and several other arrests, on Wednesday evening, November 15, in Madrid. Credit score: David Melero by way of Storyful
Video Transcript
[SHOUTING]
[SIRENS SOUNDING]
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[LOUD BANG]
[LOUD HORNS BLOWING]
[CHANTING]
[RELATIVE SILENCE]
[SHOUTING]
[CHATTER]
[CHANTING IN SPANISH]
