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The toxic well of Congress has no bottom: pepper spray is coming

Gran escándalo después de que una diputada del PP exhibiese en el pleno un espray de gas pimienta y su vaciado posterior contaminase el aire de dependencias de la Cámara

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The toxic well of Congress has no bottom: pepper spray is coming

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.

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