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Sanchez faces boos at Spain Hispanic Day military parade

Sanchez faces boos at Spain Hispanic Day military parade

Pedro Sanchez was met with boos, insults and calls for his resignation on arriving at the Hispanic Day military parade, in contrast with applause for Felipe…

--- The context --- The Hispanic Day military parade again became an uncomfortable occasion on 12 October for prime minister Pedro Sanchez, who endured whistles, insults and calls for his resignation from a section of the public. The scene repeated in a context of maximum tension, marked by the early election and on the eve of the king and queen visiting Ceuta and Melilla, with Ceuta president Juan Jesus Vivas present. --- The facts --- Sanchez stepped from the official car at 11 in the morning, as protocol establishes, and waited for the monarchs. Insults and calls for his resignation were then heard against him, before the royal family arrived with its mounted escort. Minutes earlier, Sanchez had coincided with Madrid president Isabel Diaz Ayuso, although no conversation took place. Once on the stand, boos from citizens nearby were heard again, although at a lower level than earlier. Felipe VI was received with applause and cheers. As head of state, wearing the gala uniform of the Air and Space Army, he opened the acts with the national anthem, the rendering of honours and greetings to the authorities. A total of 4.380 military personnel took part, with 3.850 men and 530 women, along 1.540 metres from the Carlos V roundabout to Plaza de Colon, with 144 vehicles, 39 motorcycles, 286 horses and 5 dogs, while 34 aircraft, 16 planes and 32 helicopters flew over. --- The positions --- The contrast was clear between the applause for the king and the booing directed at Sanchez. On the stand were the defence undersecretary, the director of the National Intelligence Centre and the chief of the Defence Staff. That section of the public was described as encouraged by Ayuso, PP leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo and Vox leader Santiago Abascal. Absences were led by nationalist leaders, among them Imanol Pradales, while Maria Chivite and Juanma Moreno, who was in Brussels, also did not attend. --- What remains unknown --- No conversation between Sanchez and Ayuso was recorded despite their brief coincidence, and no later reaction from the prime minister to the booing at his arrival or on the stand was detailed. --- Unanswered questions --- Will this reception be repeated at future editions of the parade? What explains the repeated absence of nationalist leaders from this institutional ceremony? Will there be any gesture of dialogue with absent or opposing leaders? How will the tension linked to the early election shape the next shared ceremonies? --- EPM analysis --- The state celebration was crossed by political confrontation, and military protocol shared attention with rejection and support. The different treatment of the head of state and the prime minister summed up that division in public space. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, what happened cannot be reduced to an isolated incident, because the yearly repetition of booing, pointed absences and distant gestures among authorities shows a fracture that has become part of the ceremony itself. Institutional coexistence requires separating legitimate criticism of the government from respect owed to a shared act, without denying that the discontent expressed by part of the public also conveys a tense political climate that public officials should address through dialogue and restraint.
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