Madrid, Mar 4 (EFE).- Police and civil guards, supported by representatives of the PP, Vox and Citizens, demonstrated this Saturday in Madrid against the reform of the citizen security law, known as the gag law, a ” savagery” which, they have assured, leaves them unprotected and criminalizes them.
The president of JUSAPOL, Miguel Gómez, during his speech at the end of the demonstration called by the union of the National Police JUPOL and the professional association of the Civil Guard JUCIL, majority in their bodies, against the reform of the Citizen Security Law, known as the gag law, to which CSIF has joined on behalf of the local police and prison officials, this Saturday in Madrid. EFE/Daniel González
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The demonstration, in which around 3,500 people have participated, according to sources from the Government Delegation, has been called by JUSAPOL, together with the JUPOL National Police union and the JUCIL Civil Guard association, majority in their respective bodies, and has been supported by the Independent Union Central and Officials (CSIF)
Demonstration called by the National Police union JUPOL and the professional association of the Civil Guard JUCIL, majority in their bodies, against the reform of the Citizen Security Law, known as the gag law, to which CSIF has joined on behalf of local police and prison officials, this Saturday in Madrid. EFE/Daniel González
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In a joint manifesto, police and guards have warned that “legislating for criminals, the violent and the seditious is irresponsible with fatal consequences.”
Accompanied by a roar of whistles and whistles, they have rejected the fact that the principle of authority, the presumption of truth and the necessary means to guarantee public order can be taken away from them and that they be “monitored and sentenced” for doing their job, opening the door for them to be recorded and their videos posted on social networks.
Faced with the reform, they have demanded more human and material resources, that the obligation to communicate demonstrations be maintained, that searches be allowed and that economic sanctions are not lowered.
Behind a banner that read “This law leaves us all unprotected. No to this reform”, they have started from Neptuno square and in front of the Congress of Deputies they have released several ping pong balls to demand that riot gear not be restricted.
In statements to journalists before the march began, the PP’s Institutional Vice-Secretary, Esteban González Pons, warned that the reform will fail to protect the security forces and bodies, citizens and public institutions and has accused the Government of “Remove all the rules that could make it difficult for the street climate to become rare.”
“This is the law that Podemos is preparing to occupy the streets if the PP wins the elections and the terrible thing is that the PSOE supports it in an act of absolute irresponsibility,” he insisted.
“They want our police and our civil guard to go out into the streets gagged and with their hands handcuffed behind their backs,” the vice president of Vox, Javier Ortega, has denounced for his part, who has accused the government of “traitor” and of ” Surrender the State security forces and bodies to the interests of Spain’s greatest enemies.
On behalf of Ciudadanos, Edmundo Bal has also shown his rejection of a reform that “criminalizes” the police and also opens “broad margins of impunity” for the violent.
Although the reform of the Gag Law is still undergoing parliamentary processing, there is no date set at the moment for the Interior Committee to debate the report with the more than forty changes agreed upon by the parliamentary majority to the current norm, in force since 2015.
Among them, the groups have not managed to agree on any modification regarding the four most controversial articles -riot control material, lack of respect for the agents, disobedience and hot returns-, which condition the support of ERC, Junts and EH Bildu, necessary to approve reform.
The president of JUSAPOL, Miguel Gómez, has assured that they feel “helpless” and has asked the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande Marlaska, to defend them in the face of a reform that is “harmful to the interests, professional life, and personal life of the police and for the day to day of all citizens”
On behalf of CSIF, Javier Vilas has also called for a national law that standardizes the working conditions of local police officers and that prison officers be recognized as law enforcement officers.