Ayuso, in front of 50,000 people: "Those who have expelled Spanish for creating new identities are the ones who are not needed."

MadridAlberto Núñez Feijóo has once again mobilized in the streets against Pedro Sánchez this Sunday with 50,000 people –according to the Spanish government delegation–, aware that a motion of censure is doomed to failure With Vox growing in the polls, the leader of the PP and he has wanted to install, following the revelations of the Leire Díez case, a new version of the dilemmas that Isabel Díaz Ayuso likes to raise to confront the left, such as her "socialism or freedom" in the last elections in the Spanish capital. As usual, the Madrid president has adopted "dictatorship" and has not shied away the latest conflict with Catalan.

"In Madrid we hear all the accents of Castilian, our cultural wealth, which also passes through the co-official languages in other regions; here, politics does not divide the lives of citizens," Ayuso defended, who said in Catalan, Galician, and Basque that "no one is a stranger." "Spain is not plurinational. We are not foreigners in our home. Those who have expelled Spanish to fabricate new identities are the ones who are unnecessary. What would any nation give to have a language that unites us with 600 million speakers?" she exclaimed. Later, Feijóo said that in his party there are "different styles and intensities" and that he does not have "any Spaniards to spare." Ayuso has not ignored the controversy with the Minister of Health, Mónica García, at the Conference of Presidents: "Less kisses and more respect."

With an exasperated speech—in fact, Feijóo did not mention the "mafia"—the president of Madrid warned that "the problem is that dictatorships come in small, little by little, in a harmless and seemingly inoffensive way." "What does it matter if the Civil Guard is removed from certain regions? What does it matter if the university of the Basque Country is stripped of its Spanish name? What does it matter if coup plotters are amnestied? What does it matter if Bildu is allowed to publish lists with terrorists? That's how you enter a dictatorship," the president of the Community of Madrid continued. "But Venezuela? No," Ayuso warned, in contrast to Feijóo, who called for Sánchez to be put down "democratically at the polls."

Feijóo: "No one will move me from the center of attention"

"Surrender to democracy. Call elections. We want them now. No one voted for you to do this. Not even your own people. Do it if you're as democratic as you say you are," Feijóo challenged the Spanish prime minister, who has no intention of bringing forward the elections. The conservative president won the June 23rd elections, but was unable to form a government because, with Vox as a minority partner, he didn't have an absolute majority, and there was no other party willing to enter the equation with the far right. The same thing would happen to him now if he tried to push through a vote of no confidence, and that's why he intended to hold a rally without PP flags to bring together all Spaniards who want to put an end to Sánchez. "I hope the rest of the leaders understand that this isn't about acronyms," he said, addressing Santiago Abascal.

In this sense, Feijóo called for "centrality" to be able to defeat Sánchez. "No one will remove me from the center of power. We will put the People's Party (PP) back at the center of political life. This is what we are going to do, and what will open the door to the Moncloa Palace," he declared."I am committed not only to winning, but to governing," Feijóo said, differentiating his "principles and values" from the "decadence" of the current Spanish government. "With independent justice, yes; with true and free journalists, yes; with well-equipped and respected security forces and bodies, yes; with the plumbers [from Ferraz]; with honesty in the face of corruption, with cleanliness in the face of sewers, with truth in the face of lies, yes," he exclaimed.

Buses from all over the State

The People's Party (PP) had already put the bandage on the wound and did not choose the largest venue in Madrid. It preferred not to hold the rally in Plaza de Colón, Puerta de Alcalá, or the Puerta del Sol as on other occasions, but in the Plaza Espanya, which had a smaller capacity. However, it was filled with protesters with Spanish flags and ended up overflowing the Gran Via. "Today we will call Sánchez a liar," said some attendees shortly before the event, seeking shade in the square due to the high temperatures. "Sánchez, resign," they shouted. The soundtrack was no coincidence and played Lady (Hear me tonight), by Modjo, which when pronounced sounds like it says Leire (At least that's what the attendees were singing).

With the intention of meeting expectations, the People's Party (PP) organized the arrival of buses from all over Spain. However, the numbers fell short of previous gatherings, leading the PSOE to consider it a "failure." "The Spanish cannot stand anti-politics and the ultra-right method," emphasize socialist sources. Until now, the vast majority of events of this type had been organized by Feijóo. on the occasion of the approval of the amnesty law, or by the court cases affecting his entourage, while this time the alleged dirty war campaign by former PSOE member Leire Díez – with doubts about the extent to which Ferraz externally endorsed these maneuvers – against judges, prosecutors and Civil Guard officials has been the main reason.

Along with Feijóo and Ayuso, former Spanish Prime Ministers José María Aznar and Mariano Rajoy also attended the protest. Ministers from their eras were ravaged by corruption, such as former Balearic President Jaume Matas, and Rajoy was forced to leave the Moncloa Palace due to a vote of no confidence in response to the Gürtel case conviction. The Kitchen case is about to be heard in the National Court, with Jorge Fernández Díaz charged with the frenetic activity of the sewers while he headed the Ministry of the Interior. Ayuso's partner also faces a complicated legal horizon for tax fraud. The Madrid Prime Minister, however, has diverted attention in recent hours with the conflict over Catalan and Basque at the Conference of Presidents on Friday in Barcelona.

A broad representation of regional PP leaders also attended the mobilization, such as the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, who was recognized for his management of the DANA (National Anti-Drug Trafficking Act), accompanied by the Popular Party leader in Barcelona, ​​​​Daniel Sirera. Also in attendance were the president of the Balearic Islands, Marga Prohens; the Andalusian Juanma Moreno; the presidents of Murcia and Castilla y León, Fernando López Miras and Alfonso Fernández Mañueco; the Galician Alfonso Rueda; the Extremaduran María Guardiola; as well as almost the entire management of Génova and the spokesperson.