Alberto Núñez Feijóo has said he will travel to Gipuzkoa during the campaign and hold an event with PP candidate Jon Echeverría after Echeverría’s campaign appearance in Hernani was disrupted on Saturday. The move turns a cancelled event into a political show of continuity: the PP is no longer only withdrawing its provincial schedule; its national leader is pledging to return alongside the candidate involved.
El Mundo reported that a group of young people threw firecrackers, eggs and stones at Echeverría in Hernani, forcing the planned event to be cancelled. Preventing an electoral event through intimidation is incompatible with a democratic campaign. Political parties must be able to seek votes without threats or attacks.
Feijóo, however, added an allegation that reaches beyond the reported facts. Speaking at a rally in Santander, he called on Pedro Sánchez to tell “his partners” not to use violence in the campaign and referred to EH Bildu as “scum”, elDiario.es reported. That is a forceful campaign intervention, not an attribution established by the supplied evidence: the material does not identify the people who threw the objects, their motives, or a connection to EH Bildu, the PSOE or any other organisation.
The announced visit has a concrete political effect. It reverses the impression of retreat left by the Basque PP’s cancelled provincial route and puts Gipuzkoa at the centre of the national campaign. It also raises the stakes of any further disruption: an event featuring Feijóo and Echeverría will visibly test whether campaign activity can be protected across the territory.
Feijóo’s strongest case is that the democratic answer cannot be to surrender public space to people who disrupt an event. That does not justify turning responsibility that has not been established into an accusation against political opponents. Defending campaign freedom requires both political presence and care in assigning blame.
Sources
- elDiario.es · Source date: 2026-11-15
- El Mundo · Source date: 2026-11-15
Independent editorial content. WUA is not affiliated with any political party. 2026-11-15