Armengol forces Popular Party congresswoman Ana Vázquez to leave Congress after pulling out a can of pepper spray
The House Speaker has made two calls to order before the congresswoman has left the chamber to leave the spray outside
Popular PP deputy Ana Vázquez was forced to leave the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies by President Francina Armengol of the lower house, after she brandished a bottle of pepper spray during a control session. Armengol expressed her disapproval, stating, "This cannot be tolerated in the house of the people's sovereignty and the house of democracy."
The situation unfolded when Vázquez asked Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska about the "new normality" of freedom restrictions faced by Ceutian women, using the pepper spray as a symbol.
Written by urgent.news from El Pais's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
