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Discontent with Spanish Prime Minister's Pardon for Separatists: 170,000 People March in Madrid

The Spanish Prime Minister, Mr. Sánchez, has granted an "amnesty" to Catalan independents in exchange for a second term in parliament, sparking an outcry from the right. Protests and clashes broke out in front of the Socialist Labor Party (PL), which he leads, and 170,000 people demonstrated in Madrid on the 18th.

Sanchez's Socialist Labor Party (PSOE) came 2nd in the July election, but with no single party winning an absolute majority, Sanchez struck a deal with several smaller parties to support the party's efforts to form a coalition government with the far-left coalition Sumar. In order to win seven votes of confidence from two Catalan pro-independence parties, he agreed to grant amnesty to thousands of people who have faced legal action over the past decade in connection with the Catalan pro-independence movement. After a week of negotiations in Brussels, the two sides reached an agreement on the amnesty bill on September 9, and on June 16, he won 179 votes in the 350-seat parliament, exceeding the 176-seat threshold needed to form a cabinet, adding to his record of "undefeated" politicians, and winning a second term of office.

The amnesty for Catalan independence activists in exchange for a second term in office has caused great dissatisfaction among the rightists and people who oppose Catalan independence. About 170,000 people took to the streets of Madrid on March 18, protesting against Sanjay's "amnesty bill". Holding slogans such as "Sánchez deserves to go to jail for his crimes," "Socialist Labor Party (PSL) has betrayed Spain," and "Spain has been sold with seven votes," the demonstrators called for the defense of Spain's constitution and its future, in the largest protest to date. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the right-wing opposition People's Party (PP), and Santiago Abascal, leader of the far-right Vox party, joined the march.