Members of the Government question the police charges while Marlaska opens an investigation and prohibits the Police from using tear gas

The general strike day of November 11, in addition to the mobilization itself, leaves in the political debate the controversy over some police charges that occurred during the day, especially towards the early morning pickets and during the course of some demonstrations.

The unions have already anticipated that they will take legal action for what they consider a disproportionate use of force and the violation of their right to demonstrate. From Frente Amplio and Podemos they demand from Pedro Sánchez the dismissal of the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, something that is not considered in La Moncloa. But these burdens generate discomfort and disapproval in the Government.

"I have seen some images that I did not like," said Félix Bolaños, Minister of the Presidency. "It is the police commanders themselves, those responsible, who will have to determine whether there has been a disproportionate use of force in any episode or in any specific action," he said in an interview on RNE. These charges are harshly censored by Frente Amplio, a minority partner - in the figure of Sumar - of the government coalition. "In the Executive they rule out that option and consider, at least for now, the step of opening an investigation to be sufficient."

"They are images that we deeply dislike and in the face of which the Government does not remain impassive," Elma Saiz, spokesperson for the Executive, explained on TVE. "I have been a delegate of the Government in Navarra and police action to guarantee compliance with a fundamental right, such as the right to strike, and also to maintain citizen security and order always has to be proportionate. Violence has no place in any way."

"We will have to see both the police charges that we denounced yesterday as disproportionate and for which we have requested an investigation, and the violence that was subsequently produced by some small groups," Ernest Urtasun, Minister of Culture, explained on TVE. This demand for explanations to Marlaska is endorsed by all PSOE partners: Frente Amplio, Podemos, Compromís, ERC...

"If he cannot control the Police, it is evident that he cannot be a minister," said the Compromís deputy assigned to Sumar, Alberto Ibáñez. For his part, Enrique Santiago, spokesperson for IU, demands that responsibilities be cleared up. "We are going to ask for internal sanctions, but also political responsibilities because it is evident that the penetration of uncontrolled people into State institutions must be controlled."

At the moment, given the controversy generated, the head of the Interior has ordered the director general of the Police to open an investigation to determine if the protocols were complied with. Marlaska, according to Interior sources, has ordered the General Directorate of the Police to open specific investigations into the different incidents that occurred during the day of the general strike. Likewise, the minister has given the order that, from now on, tear gas will not be used in the demonstration control devices, which was used in some actions of this 11-N against the protesters.