TORREVIEJA PROTESTS CALL FOR RAJOY’S RESIGNATION

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The anti-corruption platform, which includes the Group 15-M, Torrevieja Pensioners and Feminists 15.M, gathered on Saturday afternoon at the PP Headquarters in Torrevieja’s Plaza Isabel II, to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and the calling of early elections.

About thirty protesters carried banners and chanted slogans demanding an end to corruption and the resignation of prime Minister Rajoy who, despite a series of well-documented allegations that he has received illegal cash payments over a period of years, seems prepared to tough it all out knowing that parliament and the nation are about to pack up for the summer.

There are more than 200 cases of corruption currently before the Spanish courts involving politicians ranging from village mayors to former cabinet ministers, and even the royal family.

The Group Transparency International, which assesses countries on their perceived levels of corruption, ranks Spain 30th, just below Botswana and one place above Estonia, out of 176 countries surveyed.

However the Spanish parliament is currently considering a new law on Transparency, Access to Information and Good Governance which it was hoped might be voted upon before the summer recess. Unfortunately it recently seems to have stalled as many politicians seek to weaken its proposals.

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