Spain | Ayuso's COVID-19 pandemic handling sparks protests in Madrid - video Dailymotion

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In Spain, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against Madrid Autonomous Community President, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, demanding justice for the death of over 7 thousand elderly people during the COVID-19 pandemic. teleSUR

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00:00back. In Spain, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against my great autonomous

00:05community president Isabel Diaz Ayuso demanding justice for the death of over 7,000 elderly people

00:10during the COVID-19 pandemic. Demonstrators condemned the inability of Ayuso to deal with

00:15the COVID-19 emergency for it claimed the lives of dozens of elderly people. Demonstrators also

00:20blamed the judiciary for failing to open an investigation into this matter to bring justice

00:24for the deceased. The people participating in the protest also expressed their condolences to the

00:29families of the elderly victims of this COVID-19 pandemic.

00:42We are in pain out of helplessness, for we must try to allow families to grieve,

00:46but with justice being served. Ayuso thought best not to transfer elderly patients

00:54thinking they ought to die. And yes, the elderly will eventually die.

01:02But when it may be their turn, not because somebody's fault, negligence or abandonment.

01:09What happens is that the justice system is highly politicized in favor of the right.

01:13And furthermore, these people on the right don't care to destroy all institutions in order to

01:19prevail. In the Madrid Assembly, we have a president who not only tries to silence

01:29what happened to those 7,291 elderly people during the pandemic because of her protocols,

01:37but also she despises the victims and the relatives as demonstrated by the way she

01:44conducted herself in the plenary of the Assembly, where I asked her to apologize

01:49to the relatives she had insulted. Not only she did not apologize, but she confronted them.

Spain | Ayuso's COVID-19 pandemic handling sparks protests in Madrid

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