Political reactions to Maricarmen's death: from sympathy to anger
Sanchez has lamented the death of his "self," and Feijoo has asked him not to use it partisan. Rufian has been the cruellest, "The Son of Bitches."
The death of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman evicted in Madrid, has provoked a wave of social and political outrage and reactions, as her image has become a symbol for the right to housing.
The Presidentof the SpanishGovernment, Pedro Sánchez , has expressed his condolences and his support for both Maricarmen and "all of us who feel this loss."
The presidentof the PP,Alberto Núñez Feijóo , has called for "respect" and rejected the "interested use" of his case, "no campaign, no party."
Ione Belarra , Secretary General of Podemos, has complained that Maricarmen "has not died, he has been killed by vultures who wanted to take his home, by justice and by the administrations that allowed it."
From the Congress of Deputies, Oskar Matute of EH Bildu, after expressing his condolences, said that "Maricarmen stood up to the fight for the housing emergency and shaken millions of consciences" and that "the best tribute would be that none of this should happen again".
ERC's spokesmaninthat chamber, Gabriel Rufián, has shared the news in X with a brief message: "You son of a bitch."
Navarre President MariaChivite has called for "Maricarmen not to be a mere symbol."
UGT'sSecretary General, Pepe Álvarez , one of the organizers of the November 11 general strike, has denounced the death as "the cruelty of a system that drove him out of his home and left him on the street."
Alicia del Rio , spokesperson for the Tenants' Union, said that "Maricarmen was killed by speculation and rentism."
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