The streets of the center of Madrid were filled this Saturday with protesters, summoned by the Marea de Residencias association, to demand “justice, investigation and non-repetition” of what happened during the first wave of the covid pandemic in the residences of the Community of Madrid, in which 7,291 people died without hospital referral.
The march began at 12 noon from Madrid City Hall, in Plaza de Cibeles, and traveled through the streets of the center of the capital to the Presidency of the Community of Madrid, in Puerta del Sol. Last year around these A similar demonstration was already held on the same dates.
The main demand is “to achieve justice for the dead and reparation for the living,” as transmitted by the association in the announcement of the call. Furthermore, the protesters demand that responsibilities be assumed and the “perverse” management carried out at that time by the autonomous government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso be recognized, which they accuse of causing an “unprecedented massacre based on the discrimination of people who “They lived in residences.”
A law on residences is also requested that guarantees “a dignified life for institutionalized people through a wide provision of resources, both human and material,” and working conditions “in accordance with the important work carried out by the personnel dedicated to care.” ”.
More Madrid and PSOE demand the broadcast of the documentary ‘7291’ on Telemadrid
The spokesperson for Más Madrid in the Assembly, Manuela Bergerot, and the PSOE spokesperson in the capital’s City Council, Reyes Maroto, attended the demonstration this Saturday, where they asked that Telemadrid broadcast ‘7291’, a documentary directed by Juanjo Castro who talks about the deaths in the region’s nursing homes during the pandemic.
In statements to the media from the demonstration that called for investigations into what happened in 2020, both leaders have charged against “political interference in Madrid public television to prevent the broadcast of the report.” This march precisely coincides with the screening in cinemas of the documentary ‘7291’, which combines the voices of workers in the centers with those of representatives of different associations, journalists and politicians, and with testimonies from relatives of the deceased.
Bergerot has pointed out that the Community of Madrid “is hindering the dissemination of the film, as well as all the issues that bother the president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso.” “She steals from us the parliamentary debate on issues such as the 7,291 victims in the residences, or the Quirón group, or the commissions that her boyfriend, Alberto González Amador, takes,” he denounced.
According to the leader of Más Madrid, the regional government uses “a roller on the Assembly table so that nothing is said about this” and prevents experts from appearing in the investigative commissions. Bergerot considers it important to “keep the memory of what happened alive” in every possible way. “A very good tool would be for the Public Television of all Madrid residents to broadcast this documentary,” he concluded.
For his part, Maroto has pointed out that “Telemadrid responds to the interests of the Community of Madrid” and that the president of the Community “wants to hide the death of 7,291 victims due to its shame protocols.” “When it is Madrid society that demands truth and reparation, what they do is silence. That is what Telemadrid is doing right now with a demand from Madrid society so that the truth is known,” he insisted.
The socialist spokesperson has defended the importance of the mobilizations in the streets of Madrid as a way of keeping the memory of what happened alive and demanding justice. “It is so important to be on the streets of Madrid today, so that what happened is not forgotten, so that it is repaired and, above all, so that the truth is known,” he emphasized.
Complaint to the Prosecutor’s Office
This protest is part of the multiple actions that both Marea de Residencias and other related associations have carried out in recent months. This Thursday, they filed a complaint with the Madrid Superior Prosecutor’s Office for the “discrimination suffered” during covid-19, in which 7,291 residents died without being referred to a hospital in the Community of Madrid.
In mid-October, ‘Marea de residencies’ and ‘7291: Truth and Justice’, filed a new joint complaint with the Madrid Superior Prosecutor’s Office for the “discrimination suffered” during the pandemic. The complaint was filed by 108 relatives of 115 residents who lived in 72 different residences in the region and included “unpublished documentation” such as “internal government reports that reflected the situation in which the nursing homes were,” according to explained the spokespersons for the platforms. So far, the justice system has closed all the procedures initiated as no crime has been committed in relation to the resident referral protocols.
Source: www.eldiario.es
