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The King, the Government, the representatives of the Congress and the Senate and prominent members of other powers of the State will celebrate on February 23 an act to "show the strength of democratic institutions" on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the failed coup d'état of the

23-F

.

Indirectly, it will also serve to close ranks against the attacks and critical judgments expressed by Pablo Iglesias, the Catalan independence movement and Russia.

The Bureau of Congress has approved this Tuesday to take charge of the organization of the event in the Chamber and has announced that it will be chaired by Felipe VI.

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and "other members" of the Executive, will also attend, although who has not yet been detailed.

Who will not be in the act will be Juan Carlos I, who is still out of Spain, despite being the protagonist in that coup with his role to deactivate it.

The event will take advantage of the 23-F anniversary to vindicate the quality and solidity of Spanish democracy in a context in which it is receiving continuous attacks from different parts.

From abroad, for Russia.

And above all from the interior, by the pro-independence parties.

The second vice president and leader of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, who aligned himself with both Putin and Catalan separatism, questioned the "normality" of Spanish democracy by condemning the leaders, joined them, generating a huge controversy over his institutional role. of the

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and the escape of Puigdemont.

His words were rejected and answered by other members of the Executive, such as Carmen Calvo, Nadia Calviño and Margarita Robles, who came out in defense of the system, before the silence of Pedro Sánchez.

The president of Congress, Meritxell Batet, has stressed that the act on the occasion of 23-F wants to "show the strength of democratic institutions, the validity of the values ​​of our Constitution and our democracy."

And for this, all the powers and high representatives of the State will meet.

Batet has also stressed that he wants to serve as a tribute to Spanish society to remember how "it reacted at that time and how democracy is still defended in Spain today."

The event will take place on the morning of February 23 in the Hall of Lost Steps of Congress and in the coming days more details about the attendance could be known.

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