The VOX chief assailed Spain’s mainstream press, accusing “all of the media, almost without exception, Left and Right” of manipulating narratives and slandering his party in an attempt to destroy it.
“It is not about Left, Right, or Center, but about not remaining inactive as our institutions erode, our democracy deteriorates, and our state weakens,” asserted the manifesto, read out during the demonstration.
PP’s leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, stated that if he can avoid a coalition with VOX, he will do so, but that this does not depend on him, but on the election results.
VOX won 14 seats, increasing its presence in the local government by two deputies, but seeing its influence diminished compared to the last regional parliament, and achieving results far from the hoped for 20 seats.
The annual protest to rally for politics in favour of rural areas has been going on for years, but this year’s demonstration brought out a record number of participants. Organisers, principally farmers and hunters associations, estimated that 400,000 people marched en masse through several of Madrid’s principal streets.
