The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida (PP), has lashed out at the incidents recorded this Wednesday in A Coruña during a rally of the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal. The Madrid mayor has denounced that this type of altercations are being promoted "every day" against those who are not "leftists in this country."
In statements to journalists after attending an event of the Association of Victims of Terrorism (AVT), Martínez-Almeida emphasized that "it is not normal in a democracy" for episodes of this kind to occur. In this context, he brought up that the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, "had to be held for 70 minutes in a building" last Monday due to a protest related to the educational sector.
"Regarding violence, the left in this case has a lot to reflect on, because violence is condemned no matter where it comes from, but when the violence is from one side, it must also be condemned," the mayor reproached, demanding a clear condemnation of these behaviors.
The first mayor added that "what should not be done is to incentivize" those who "aim to disrupt with violence" an "electoral campaign" that, in his opinion, must be developed and concluded "with democracy" and "at the polls," since "there is no more sacred right in democracy than to go vote."
In this line, he warned that "all those who are encouraging, sheltering, or excusing in any way what happened yesterday with Vox, we already know that they have no interest in having the polls free from intimidation and violence," thus concluding his criticism of those responsible for the disturbances and those who, according to him, justify them.