The Barcelona “indignados” were today involved in violent incidents, insults and attacks on deputies outside Parliament, actions that have resulted in sharp criticism from politicians, but also from their own 15-M protest movement.

Helicopters had to be used this morning to get the President of the Generalitat, Artur Mas, and other MPs and councillors into parliament. One group of “indignados” attacked the blind CiU deputy, Josep Maria Llop, and tried to snatch his dog to prevent him from reaching Parliament.

Hours after the incidents this morning, which resulted in thirty minor injuries, some 500 people gathered at the door to Ciutadella Park, where the regiaonal parliament building stands, in order to reaffirm their commitment to peaceful protest and to criticise those involved in the attacks.

Many protestors have criticised “the violent four” who threw bottles and other objects and attacked some of the deputies when they arrived in the morning to attend the start of the debate on the Generalitat’s budget.

The President of the Generalitat also criticised the protestors’ actions this morning, saying “Today some people have crossed the line. Today we did not only see an expression of disagreement, but an act of coercion and impairment of the normal work of the people democratically elected by the Catalan people”.

By evening, most of the “indignados” who had blocked the entrances to the Catalan parliament, had gone to Plaza de Sant Jaume, opposite the Palau de la Generalitat, to continue their protest.

source: ThinkSpain

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