"The PP's leader, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, described the legislature as absurd and said it could not be allowed to continue. He added that Abalos's detention ahead of trial proved that Sanchez's style of politics dubbed sanchismo was rotten. Sanchismo is political, economic, institutional, social and moral corruption, Feijoo told the crowd. Sanchismo is in prison and it needs to get out of government."
"In a characteristically fiery speech, she attempted to invoke the spectre of the defunct Basque terror group Eta, which abandoned its armed struggle for independence in 2011 and formally dissolved itself seven years ago, saying Sanchez had given succour to the Basque nationalists who supported his government."
Tens of thousands gathered in Madrid to demand a snap general election amid corruption allegations involving Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. The protest, organized by the People's Party under the slogan 'This is it: mafia or democracy?', occurred three days after former transport minister Jose Luis Abalos was remanded in custody in an alleged kickbacks-for-contracts investigation. The PP estimated turnout at 80,000 while the central government delegate estimated about 40,000. PP leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo denounced 'sanchismo' as political and moral corruption and said the legislature could not continue. Madrid regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso accused Sanchez of bolstering Basque nationalists and invoked ETA; Ayuso's boyfriend faces trial on tax fraud and document-falsification charges.
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