The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, Félix Bolaños, has confirmed that he does not consider replacing the head of Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, despite the police deployments recorded during the general strike of 11 November. At the same time, he has acknowledged that images of police actions have been circulated that he has not "liked."
Bolaños has specified that it will be the Police command staff who will be the "responsible" ones for determining "whether there has been a disproportionate use of force in any element" of the general strike mobilizations, exempting Marlaska from direct responsibility after different political groups, including Frente Amplio or Podemos, called for his removal from the post of Minister of the Interior.
In an interview on 'RNE', reported by Europa Press, the minister has stressed that "in no way" is the continuity of Marlaska in doubt, whom he has defended by assuring that he was attentive to "all the work" carried out by the State Security Forces and Corps during the protest day.
"I have seen some images and some images that I have seen I have not liked." As he has emphasized, "those images are the police command staff themselves, the very people in charge who will have to determine whether there has been a disproportionate use of force in any element".
From within the Interior Ministry, they insist that "in no way..." is Marlaska's role being questioned, pending internal reports clarifying what happened in the police interventions of 11N.