2023-11-15 19:05:34
Abascal accuses Sánchez of carrying out a coup d’état and refuses to withdraw it despite the warning from the president of Congress
The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, has accused the socialist candidate, Pedro Sánchez, of carrying out a coup d’état: “Hitler also came to power through elections, Mr. Sánchez, and only then did he maneuver to liquidate democracy. What have you called him in your reply to Mr. Feijóo? The dictatorship of votes, right? Well, with the dictatorship of the votes, many of the worst tyrants and criminals in history have come to power.”
The president of Congress, Francina Armengol, has asked him to withdraw his words: “According to article 103 of the Chamber, decorum is necessary and mandatory in this Chamber, which is the seat of national sovereignty. Article 16 obliges you to comply with the regulations like all of us. It cannot be that a representative of the Congress of Deputies goes against the very foundations of democracy. This country knows perfectly well what a dictatorship is and what a coup d’état is, and there we have in this headquarters the memories [en referencia a las marcas que dejaron las balas que se dispararon el 23 de febrero en el hemiciclo durante el golpe de Estado liderado por Antonio Tejero]. Therefore, democracy is based on the institutions that make it up, and this is the representative institution of the entire society. Therefore, I ask you to withdraw the words about a coup d’état, otherwise, based on my powers, I will withdraw them.”
Abascal has refused: “Obviously, I am not going to withdraw my own word and interpretation of what is being experienced in Spain, but I have no doubt that you will remove it from the Diary of Sessions, effectively demonstrating that our complaint is a reality, that not even the deputies have freedom of expression in the speakers’ gallery of Congress.”
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