• We can. Pablo Iglesias sets as a "fundamental task" to end the Monarchy in Spain

The second vice president of the Government, Pablo Iglesias, and all the member ministers of United We Can attend next Monday the act of the National Holiday Day that will be held in the

Patio de la Armería of the Royal Palace presided over by the Kings

, according to sources confirmed governmental.

It will be the first time that Iglesias participates in the events of October 12, since until now as leader of Podemos he had declined his attendance and had delegated the representation in the traditional

parade through the center of Madrid

to another leader of the purple formation.

This October 12 is the first of the coalition government led by Pedro Sánchez and Iglesias, as vice president of the Executive, will participate in the institutional act.

In this case, due to the pandemic,

the parade has been replaced by an austere military act in the Royal Palace.

The rest of the United We can members who are part of the Council of Ministers will also attend: the Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón;

the Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz;

the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero;

and the Minister of Universities, Manuel Castells.

Criticism of the Monarchy

The act of next Monday will take place shortly after the criticism of some of them to the monarchy as a result of the controversy generated by the absence of the King in the delivery of offices to the new judges in Barcelona and the subsequent call of Felipe VI to the president of the General Council of the Judicial Power (CGPJ), Carlos Lesmes, telling him that he would have liked to be there.

Iglesias then said that

"institutional respect means political neutrality of the head of state

.

"

And this Friday justified the absence of the mayor of Barcelona, ​​Ada Colau, and the members of the Government in another act of the King in Barcelona.

"It doesn't have too many supporters in Catalonia," he said.

Criticisms also came from the Minister of Consumption and IU leader, Alberto Garzón, who accused the monarchy of

"maneuvering" against "the democratically elected government."

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