There was no party atmosphere yesterday in Ferraz, and the intense rain that fell in the first stages of the rally in support of Pedro Sánchez was not to blame for this, which, under other circumstances, would have caused the respectable people to be scared.
Among all the slogans and chants chanted by the more than 12,000 protesters who approached the PSOE headquarters, there was one that resonated louder than the rest.
Even above the Quédate that has elevated Quevedo – the singer, not the poet – and that the spirited militants who arrived in Madrid in the more than 50 buses chartered from the various federations chanted in the surrounding streets.
We talked about “They will not pass” which became a symbol of Republican resistance during the Civil War and which some of the oldest protesters in the room thought they would never have to sing again.
“We have gone back so much in recent years that we must go back to defending the obvious, democracy,” summarized Javier, a resident of Madrid who, at 81 years old, had not gone out on the streets to demonstrate for some time.
“Here it seems that the one who lies the most, the one who insults the most or the one who attacks the most always wins; What a rubbish of society we are leaving to our children,” witnessed Isabel, holding an Asturian flag.
After eleven o'clock, the protesters verified that the two television screens, and the dozen speakers placed on either side of Ferraz, were not going to be for the exclusive use of the DJ on duty, but were intended to amplify the committee meeting. federal that, for the first time, was broadcast entirely live.
The interventions of the different socialist barons who spoke were applauded by the protesters who, to each rhetorical question asked, answered at the top of their lungs.
-“Are we going to allow Spain to retreat?”
-"Of course not!".
Shortly after.
-“Don't you think that just because the good guys win it's worth it?”
-"Of course!".
The same militancy that in the 23-J campaign took the right-wing attacks on its leader to task until they turned the insult to Perro Sanxe into a war cry, yesterday stopped using irony and sarcasm to tell Sánchez that he is not alone and that she is willing to defend both the progressive Government and its president with the dog's face.
