Spain’s ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) has filed a complaint after a statue of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was vandalized during a New Year’s Eve demonstration in Madrid.
Spanish media reported on Friday that the Socialist Party called on prosecutors to identify the culprits, saying the “lynching” of the doll could amount to “incitement of hatred” against Sanchez.
Mr Sánchez has faced months of ire after securing a new term in the top job by offering Catalan separatists an amnesty deal in exchange for political support for the government. Right-wing opposition parties, many members of the judiciary, and prominent lawyers have spoken out against the deal.
On New Year’s Eve, about 300 demonstrators gathered in front of the Socialist Party’s headquarters, hung a piñata shaped like Sánchez and beat it until it broke.
socialists soon condemned The party said it would pursue “legal avenues” in the case. And in a complaint filed with prosecutors on Friday, the PSOE said the beating was the “culmination” of “harassment” against party headquarters, as crowds regularly gather to protest Sánchez’s amnesty deal. “We have changed our normal functioning for several months,” he said.
The Socialist Party also accused the far-right party Vox of being a vocal critic of Mr Sánchez’s agreement with the Catalans, saying the party appears to be the “common” factor behind all the “coordinated actions” in recent months. said.