
The leader of Vox accuses the president of the Executive of using 'militias' to intimidate his party and divert attention from corruption
Santiago Abascal, leader of Vox, has blamed Pedro Sánchez for the recent riots in cities such as Barcelona and Bilbao, describing the protesters as 'militias' of the Government and arguing that they seek to hide cases of corruption.
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Riots have been reported in several Spanish cities over the past week, including clashes in La Coruña, Barcelona and Bilbao.
Images of riots in the streets, of greater or lesser magnitude, have taken center stage in the last week. A rally called against the presence of Santiago Abascal in La Coruña ended last Tuesday with clashes between protesters and police officers, and on Saturday a youth protest ended with looting and burning of containers in Barcelona. Yesterday, it was in Bilbao where hundreds of radicals set street furniture on fire. "Violence that lately and suspiciously appears in this campaign," said the president of Vox, Abascal, condemning what happened last night in the capital of Biscay.
The leader of the hard right does not hide his attribution of responsibility to the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez. And, thus, Abascal has related the violence "that occurs not only against all Spaniards" - such as that seen in Barcelona and Bilbao - with "that which is occurring against the Vox rallies." "It is the same violence, carried out by the same people," said the candidate for 29-N, elaborating on the adjective that he has been addressing to them for days: "They are Sánchez's militias in La Coruña, Menorca, Catalonia, on Trampolín beach."
In an address to the media in Plasencia (Cáceres), Abascal has insisted on pointing out the President of the Government for what he has seen on the streets in recent days. "What Sánchez has achieved is to bring together all the extremists in Spain to bring violence and intimidation to this campaign," he accused him, finishing off: "Only against Vox." Although neither yesterday's riots in Bilbao nor those on Saturday in Barcelona had any relationship with acts of the hard-right party, Abascal has expanded on this idea by pointing out that "only Vox's acts are being attacked with violence and only against Vox is there an attempt at intimidation."
In the leader's opinion, there is a political motive behind the unrest that is being seen in these pre-campaign days. "The aim of this violence is to not talk about Sánchez's corruption," said Abascal, who also believes that the altercations seek to "cover up" debates about his party's program. The leader of Vox, in any case, has taken advantage of all his rallies in recent days to make reference to these riots, making criticism of this "violence" and pointing out La Moncloa as responsible the protagonist of his speech.

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