Sánchez appears in a closed room and with a Senate under an intense security device
Pedro Sánchez appears from 9:00 in the Campoamor room on the third floor of the original Senate building. From time to time he puts on glasses, in what has been one of the most peculiar images of tomorrow. “I’m going to surprise you,” he told the photographers upon entering, referring to the glasses. The Campoamor room is dominated by a mural in homage to the promoter of women’s suffrage in Spain, the work of artist José María Cano (of the extinct group Mecano), which reproduces page 3 of the newspaper El Liberal of December 2, 1931, where the approval in Congress of access to active suffrage for women was reported.
Unlike what happens in other sessions, on this occasion the editors cannot follow the statements of the appearing party from within. Today, the president of the Government. Parliamentary sources explain that they made this decision due to the large influx of media. There are 270 accredited journalists, who fill the halls of the Upper House in a display only comparable to the approval of article 155 during the process. Journalists have filled several press rooms and audiovisual media are distributed both outside and inside the chamber, on the ground floor of the building. A position they never take.
Only photojournalists can access the Campoamor room where the President of the Government speaks. At the door, two security agents control access.
-Ah, but they are here! “I thought they were in the old session room,” exclaims a Senate worker to one of the ushers.
“No, no, here, here,” responds the usher, who is following Sánchez’s appearance from his computer.
Inside the room, at the back, senators can help themselves to coffee and tea. When Sánchez entered, the windows were open and a man could be heard shouting “whore,” says a photographer, so the windows were closed. Outside, the safety device is also unusual. The Plaza de La Marina, where the main door of the Senate is located, and the surrounding area, is controlled by several agents of the National Police.
