• With Vox at the forefront, they have gathered at the Columbus monument and have launched proclamations against “totalitarianism” and the “ideological torture” of left-wing parties

With three “long live Spain” and a “long live Christ the King” the traditional fascist performance that each October 12 ° pays tribute to Christopher Columbus with a floral offering at the foot of the monument in Barcelona. Entities and parties of the extreme right, with vox to the head, have brought together about 250 people and, with an image of the Virgen del Pilar at the epicenter, have launched slogans against the Government of Pedro Sánchez. Since “scoundrels” until “totalitarians”from denouncing what they consider a “ideological torture” to ask that they not be obeyed and invoke a new and future “lifting”.

In the act organized by Somatemps and the DENAES Foundation, the main voice was that of the Custodian father, in charge of blessing the offering. He has not hesitated to affirm that the “communist totalitarianism” predicted by George Orwell has ended up becoming a reality with some politicians who dedicate themselves to “papering with hate” those who do not agree with the “gender ideology that destroys masculine and feminine nature” and that “perverts the school”. Some leaders who, in his opinion, are also dedicated to “stealing and impoverishing” citizens with taxes.

Ultimately, a speech against the feminist movement and the policies that combat machismo and homophobia and also against the progressive taxation reforms approved in the midst of the economic crisis. In the first row, the leader of Vox in Catalonia, Ignatius Garrigaand the party’s state vice president, Ortega Smithhave heard from start to finish how the Custodian father called to “never think” like the parties that already govern “not obey them” for a matter of “honor and dignity”.

Among the attendees, Andrés, a 51-year-old resident of Sant Vicenç dels Horts, agreed to all the proclamations. Before, he assures him, he voted for the PSOE. Now, he is loyal to Vox because “Europe is becoming Islamized.” Even being a fan of Barça, he affirms that he does not intend to follow the World Cup because it is being held in Qatar. Another of the attendees, suspicious of the press, defends that “there is freedom” and that, therefore, they can display what they think in an uninhibited way.

Heading to the demonstration

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Spanish flags tied around the neck or in the wind, the Cross of Burgundy waving and the anthem of Spain through a precarious and hoarse megaphone have formed part of the ‘props’ and the soundtrack at the feet of Columbus, a staging to which have attended stunned a few tourists whose cell phones were smoking. “Catalanity is Hispanicity”, read the motto that has presided over the entire act.

During the hoisting of the flag, the lady in charge of pulling the rope put her hand on her heart and, at the end, handkerchief in hand, dried her tears. “They say that there is nothing to celebrate. Well, no, there is much to celebrate”, they concluded before parading to Plaza Catalunya and joining the demonstration that will lead the PP, Citizens and Vox.

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