The deputies they leave Congress normally while the protest continues
The deputies of the Congress have left the palace of the Race of San Jerónimo with normality and without incidents, at the end of the first day of the full budget, which has not been altered by the concentration of protest organized by the “Surround the Congress” platform.
The plenary session ended around half past nine in the evening after the debate on the amendment to the whole presented by the PNV, and tomorrow resumes at nine in the morning with the defense of the amendments of the mixed group parties.
When finished, the deputies have left the hemicycle and have gone to the street, some walking and others by car, the latter by the alternative paths enabled because the San Jerónimo Race is cut, inside the police device mounted to protect the parliamentary seat.
The 25S Coordinator take the goals of the day accomplished
The 25S Coordinator has met the objectives set for this first day of protest.
Among the people left in Neptune, there is talk of leaving at 22:00, at which time the conveners terminate the action.
They try surround congress marching in the surrounding streets but the police prevent it
Concentration in Neptune. Photo: EFE
The hundreds of people gathered in Neptune have prepared to surround the Congress by marching in the surrounding streets at the end of the assemblies and once the banners with proposals on the security fences are attached.
Paseo del Prado, Lope de Vega street or the Huertas area These are the points by which the protest moves, although the police have cut off the march and there is some tension.
Some people return to Neptune.
Lara Cay 'sneaks in' the protest: ask Cifuentes not to hit with “the baton of the Government”
The federal coordinator of IU, Cayo Lara, has joined the protest of hundreds of citizens in the Madrid square of Neptune, along with his colleagues from the Plural Left (IU-ICV-CHA), a demonstration in which he has asked the delegate of the Government of Madrid, Cristina Cifuentes, who does not hit with “the armed arm” or “the baton of the Government” to the people who suffer from the cuts.
In statements to the media, Lara has reminded Cifuentes that his obligation is to comply with the Constitution, which includes the right to citizen demonstration, to allow them to protest on the street about the measures being taken.
“Cifuentes has to understand that the government's punishment measures must have a logical response in the street. What no government can claim is that if hard measures are taken against citizens, they do not protest and resignedly endure the suffering, “he added.
23-O banners. Photo: EFE
Hostal Celebrate 23-O start peacefully
The president of the Congress, Jesús Posada, has celebrated on Tuesday that the protest that the citizens who have seconded the call of the 25S Coordinator to 'wallpaper' the Congress coinciding with the debate on the Budgets is being peaceful, but has stressed that , For him, the priority is to “guarantee the freedom of Congress to deliberate.”
Posada has made these statements next to the Gate of the Lions of the Lower House, which has been shown to press the development of the protest that takes place about 200 meters from the parliamentary headquarters, in the Plaza de Neptuno.
As on previous occasions, Congress has shielded itself, traffic on the stretch of the Carrera de San Jerónimo that runs before the Chamber has been cut and an important police device, including riot gear, has been deployed in all the surroundings.
Protesters begin to 'wallpaper' the fences that protect the Congress
Several hundred people summoned by the 25-S Coordinator have cut off traffic in the Plaza de Neptuno and have begun to 'wallpaper' the police fences that protect the Congress of Deputies.
This is an action announced by the 25-S Coordinator, which has hung on the fences guarded by the Police numerous placards claiming messages such as “Growing richer, getting poorer, where are they taking us? We have to change course”.
Among all the banners, stood out a large one in which you could read: “Resignation PP-PSOE”. There were also several posters against the monarchy and in favor of the Third Republic. “The Government asks for patience, we shout disobedience”, said another.
They start cutting traffic on Neptune
As people have joined the call to surround the Congress of this # 23O, traffic in the Plaza de Neptuno begins to cut. At the moment, in the Atocha direction, you can no longer lower any vehicle.
About a thousand people support the concentration in Neptune
Around a thousand people were concentrated past six thirty in the Plaza de Neptuno (Canovas del Castillo) to support the protest called by the 25-S Coordinator against the General State Budgets, which are debated in the Congress of Deputies .
The first banners with which to wallpaper the fence that prevents access to Congress are now ready to be placed.
No tension between police and protesters in the first half hour of assembly
Despite the high police presence, assemblies in Neptune, just outside the Congress of Deputies, are held without problems.
At the moment, attendees report, the attendance is much lower than that of the past 25-S.
Two are celebrated assemblies in Neptune under police surveillance
The first people who have arrived at the square of Neptune are organizing the two assemblies that are scheduled to last until 20:30 hours and then proceed to 'surround and wallpaper' the Congress with the proposals arising from them.
The two assemblies will deal with: one on the debt and the General State Budgets, which are debated in Congress on Tuesday, and another on the constitutional process.
As indicated by several of the attendees through Twitter, the police presence is high.
First identifications and sanctions on the Cuesta de Moyano
Several IPU agents have identified some of the attendees at the 23-O protest who have gathered at the Cuesta de Moyano, near the Atocha station, before going to Neptune.
Further, agents have reported that they will be sanctioned for participating in an “undisclosed concentration”.
After this action, the next point is Neptune, where dozens of people begin to go.
Inside remember that the Police will prevent “coercion” to the deputies
Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz recalled that the Congress of Deputies is “inviolable”, as established by the Constitution, and added that the Police will ensure that there are no “constraints” on parliamentarians.
This has been said by Fernández Díaz in the halls of the lower house, before the debate on the General State Budget begins, when asked about the new demonstration called this afternoon by the platform 'Surround the Congress' to protest the cuts of the Executive of Mariano Rajoy.
“The Police are here to guarantee the fundamental rights of assembly and demonstration, within the framework of the law, and the Police are also in place to effectively enforce the constitutional and legal mandate that the Congress is inviolable.”, he pointed out.
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The Congress, surrounded by fences. Photo: EFE
The 23-O in social networks
Once again, social networks have been one of the most widely used broadcast vehicles for the protest organizers that are being presented for this Tuesday.
Today’s appointment, # 23O, has been throughout the day one of the most commented topics on Twitter, ranking first in the national TT.
On Facebook, posters and banners have also been shared.
Aguirre: “you should not accept illegal demonstrations and less encircle the Congress”
The president of the PP in Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, said that the unauthorized demonstrations “cannot be accepted” and especially “when it comes to fencing the Congress” of Deputies, as the 25-S movement plans to do today.
“The important thing is that in Madrid we have a government delegate (Cristina Cifuentes) who is convinced that what she has to do is comply with the law and enforce it,” Aguirre said in statements to Efe.
The former president of the Community of Madrid, who has attended today the commemorative events of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Institute of Tourism Studies (IET), has indicated that she “trusts” that these mobilizations in the street “do not influence” the ” Spain brand “or damage the image of our country abroad. EFE
Posada is confident that Inside guarantees the normality before the protests of 25-S
The president of the Congress, Jesús Posada, has expressed his total confidence in the Ministry of the Interior today to guarantee the normal development of the House of Representatives before the “Surround the Congress” protest called by the 25-S movement.
Posada, before chairing the meeting of the Board of Speakers of Congress, has referred to that protest in statements to journalists and has reiterated that the forecast is that the plenary session in which the amendments of totality will be discussed from this noon to the budgets of 2013 develop normally.
“I am sure that the Ministry of the Interior is taking the appropriate measures,” he added before pointing out that, to ensure normalcy, there will be “the police there must be, neither more nor less.”
Ignacio González: the call of the 25-S It is a “provocation”
The president of the Community of Madrid, Ignacio González, points out that the initiative of the 25-S Coordinator for today, similar to that of a month ago in order to 'surround' the Congress of Deputies, is a “provocation” and a “clear decision to violate the law”.
In an interview in 'Public Mirror', in Antena 3, collected by Europa Press, Gonzalez has indicated that he is “in favor” of “demanding” these movements “to comply with the law”, then, in his opinion, “you can not make neither concentrations nor manifestations that are not authorized complying with the normal procedures “.
González has pointed out that the “motto” of this movement “is to occupy the Congress”, which “is already in itself a violation of the law”, which “prevents it from being pressured, surrounded or influenced in the normal development of the Congress sessions. ” The president recalled that this is not only in Spain “but in” parliaments around the world. “
“Therefore, it is a provocation and a clear decision to violate the law, I say so that then when there are provocations or incidents it is not said that no rights are being respected, those who are not complying with the regulations are them,” he said. considered the president of Madrid.
The 25-S movement manifests itself against the General State Budgets
The 25-S will be installed from this morning in front of the doors of the Congress of Deputies in protest of the new General State Budget. The movement does not have permission from the Delegation of the Government of Madrid piloted by Cristina Cifuentes.