Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to protest against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, accusing his left-wing government of corruption and demanding his resignation and early elections.
The demonstration was organised by the conservative People’s Party (PP) under opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo.
The rally in central Madrid carried the slogan “Mafia or democracy?”
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Participants waved Spanish flags and carried signs reading “Resign now!” and “Sanchez, go away!”
The PP estimated the crowd at around 80,000, while the Interior Ministry put the figure closer to 40,000. The last large-scale protest against Sanchez in the capital was in June.
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Sunday’s demonstration was sparked by a Supreme Court decision earlier this week ordering the pre-trial detention of Sanchez’s former transport minister, Jose Luis Abalos and the minister’s ex-adviser Koldo Garcia.