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00:00 From Madrid to Malaga, Sevilla to Barcelona, tens of thousands took to the streets angry
00:07 over a deal made by the acting Prime Minister for another term in office.
00:12 "I'm demonstrating against what Sanchez is doing.
00:18 He's selling the country from votes from seven law-makers.
00:21 He's betrayed the co-existence, democracy, the spirit of Spanish transition.
00:26 He's a traitor, he can't keep governing."
00:30 While the Conservative Popular Party won the elections in July, they were unable to form
00:35 a workable majority in Parliament.
00:38 The deal agreed to by Pedro Sánchez on Thursday would give the socialists the numbers they
00:44 need to govern.
00:45 Under the term, Sánchez plans to grant amnesty for the Catalan separatist convicted for their
00:51 role in the failed bid to secede from Spain in 2017.
00:57 In exchange, the radical Together Party for Catalonia will offer its seven seats in Parliament.
01:03 The party is led by Carlos Puigdemont, the man who spearheaded the breakaway independence
01:08 vote and then fled to Brussels to avoid jail time.
01:13 The deal has sparked a massive outpouring of anger on the right, with both the Popular
01:18 Party and the far-right Vox party leaders condemning it as an assault on the rule of
01:23 law.
01:24 "Spain is going to have a prime minister who has bought his investiture in exchange
01:31 for the judicial impunity of his partners, paid for with the taxes of the Spanish people."
01:37 "It's illegitimate to come to power through lies.
01:41 It's said to be an illegal government as it aims to undermine the separation of powers
01:45 in Spain."
01:46 The right-wing parties are calling for continued demonstrations against the proposed plan.
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