The Sumar deputies Gerardo Pisarello (En Comú) and Alberto Ibáñez (Compromís) have demanded this Tuesday that a thorough investigation be conducted into who is behind the serious disturbances that occurred in Barcelona and Bilbao. In particular, they have called for focusing on the TikTok accounts that would have promoted part of these calls, pointing to a possible connection with far-right movements.
"Follow the TikToker," Pisarello has demanded, who argues that PP and Vox are using these incidents to discredit the citizen mobilizations in defense of the right to housing.
In an appearance in Congress, Pisarello stated that he perceives a "pattern" in the events and insisted on the need to clarify who manages those accounts and who gains political profit from the disturbances. "In the case of Watergate, the famous phrase 'follow the money' was said, let's follow the money trail, and we say here 'follow the TikToker'," he explained.
The deputy has accused the leaders of PP and Vox of using the altercations to "feed their campaign of hate, criminalize young people, and discredit the mobilizations against rent-seeking and labor precarization." In his view, this dynamic fits with the strategy of a "reactionary international" that uses social media to provoke electoral interference.
They demand that the Police investigate to the end
Questioned about the differences between the incidents in Barcelona and those in Bilbao, where altercations were recorded during a protest against the announced presence of Vito Quiles, Pisarello clarified that his suspicions about a possible coordination of the far-right refer "mainly to Barcelona." Nevertheless, he reiterated his request to clarify who is behind those accounts and for the Police to go "to the end."
In this line, the parliamentarian emphasized that the discontent of the precarious youth is "real" and highlighted that the tenants' unions and the organizations promoting the housing protests have not supported the violent acts. He also defended non-violent mobilization as a course of action.
For his part, the deputy of Sumar and 'number two' of the Compromís-Front Valenciá candidacy, Alberto Ibáñez, has pointed out that the disturbances should be interpreted in a European framework and has warned that the right and the far right will try to exploit them during the electoral campaign to focus the debate on security and possible cuts to rights and freedoms, thus displacing the demands regarding housing.
Ibáñez claims the peaceful nature of antifascism
Ibáñez has assured that certain platforms and movements born on social networks seek to "sow chaos and despair," something that, in his opinion, "feeds the far right and political disaffection." However, when asked who would be behind the disturbances, he admitted that "it is too early to know who is behind it."
In contrast, he defended that antifascist movements have been acting peacefully in Spain for years and recalled that, during the incidents in Bilbao, some of these collectives, including the CNT, issued calls to avoid vandalistic episodes.
Finally, he expressed his conviction that what happened in Barcelona and Bilbao, as well as what, he has warned, could happen in València and other cities during Halloween, is due to a movement "linked to far-right positions that seeks to generate a sense of chaos and a power vacuum."