Hundreds of people protested in front of local offices of the Catalan Socialist party (PSC) in Catalan cities on Saturday evening, expressing their opposition to the suspension of the four Catalan political prisoners from their positions as recently-elected deputies to the Spanish Congress.
The protests, called by pro-independence civil group ANC, took place under the slogan 'Democracy or violation of rights?' and denounced the decision made on Friday by the Congress's procedural board to suspend Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull and Jordi Sànchez from their positions in the Spanish lower house.
In Barcelona, around a hundred people protested outside the PSC headquarters in Carrer Pallars. Among the placards on display were slogans such as "PSC/PSOE you are shameless!" and "Our votes must not be suspended!".
⬛️⬜️🔴 HAN SUSPÈS ELS NOSTRES DRETS
— BCN x Independència (@BCNxlaIND) 25 de maig de 2019
⏩ Som davant la seu del PSC-PSOE al carrer
📌 Pallars, 189 perquè els nostres vots no es suspenen#CapALaIndependència ‼️ pic.twitter.com/f5N7Uw1Cnv
It was a similar story in Girona, where more than three hundred protesters gathered outside the Socialist headquarters.
Imatges de la concentració d'aquesta tarda davant la seu del PSC-PSOE a Girona.Imatges de la concentració d'aquesta tarda davant la seu del PSC-PSOE a Girona.@socialistes_cat no tot s'hi val.@assemblea @GironaVota @omniumgirones @LesVoltes pic.twitter.com/q0sjzIrBXe
— ANC Girona 🎗 (@ancgirona) 25 de maig de 2019
In Lleida the protest was in silence, outside the local PSC office in Avinguda Blondel.
Per això convoquem una CONCENTRACIÓ DE PROTESTA SILENCIOSA
— ANC Lleida Segrià (@ANCLleidaSegria) 25 de maig de 2019
📅 Dissabte 25 de maig
⏰ A les 19:00 Hores
📌 davant la seu del PSC de Lleida
📌 Avinguda Blondel, 19
⚙️ Convocatòria de les Assemblees Territorials de Ponent #CapALaIndependència
🅰️📈©️ AT LLEIDA
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Calls for protest were shared by the CDR (Committees for Defence of the Republic) protest groups as well as other ANC sections. "We can't remain silent in the face of this violation of our fundamental rights as voters" was a sentiment expressed on Twitter. The PSC was denounced for its "approach", which claims to be "open to dialogue" but in fact "continues arm-in-arm with the PP and Cs".
⏩ El PSC i el PSOE amb el seu tarannà "dialogant" continuen amb la repressió de bracet del PP i de Ciudadanos.
— ANC Lleida Segrià (@ANCLleidaSegria) 25 de maig de 2019
⏩ No ens podem quedar callats davant aquesta vulneració dels nostres drets fonamentals com a votants! Cal fer sentir la nostra veu! Sortim al carrer!