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Madrid Demonstration Sees 170,000 Protest Against Controversial Amnesty Deal For Catalonia’s Separatists

 

Reuters: Biggest protest in Spain against Catalan amnesty law draws 170000 

MADRID (Reuters) -About 170,000 people marched through Madrid on Saturday in the largest protest yet against an amnesty law which Spain's Socialists agreed over Catalonia's 2017 separatist bid in order to form a government. 

The demonstration, the latest in a series of protests in cities across the country against the amnesty, took place two days after Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez won a four-year term with the backing of Catalan and Basque nationalist parties in return for agreeing to the law. 

Protesters, many waving Spanish flags and holding signs that read "Sanchez traitor" and "Don't sell Spain", demonstrated against the law which four judicial associations, opposition political parties and business leaders said threatens the rule of law and the separation of powers. 

Authorities put the number of demonstrators at 170,000.  

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WNU Editor: Elections have consequences, and for Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez he now has what he wants .... Spain’s Pedro Sanchez secures new term, ending four-month deadlock (CNN). 

Madrid Demonstration Sees 170,000 Protest Against Controversial Amnesty Deal For Catalonia’s Separatists 

 Thousands protest Spain's Catalan separatist amnesty law -- AFP

Thousands rally in Madrid against controversial amnesty deal for Catalonia’s separatists -- Euronews  

Madrid demonstration sees 170,000 vent fury against amnesty for Catalan separatists -- The Telegraph 

Rally held in Madrid against Catalan amnesty after Sánchez sworn in as Spanish PM -- The Guardian 

Large protests against Catalan amnesty deal in Madrid after PM sworn in -- Al Jazeera



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