Podemos General Secretary Pablo Iglesias has called for the Spanish people to free their country from monarchy.<\/p>\n
Podemos is the second largest political party in Spain. Mr Iglesias made his call for a republic in El Pa\u00eds, the second most read newspaper in that country.<\/p>\n
In his opinion piece Iglesias comments that many who reisted the Franco dictatorship felt betrayed when negotiations with that regime led to its replacement by a monarchy. He acknowledge, however, that most citizens \u201cwere in favour of the political forces who had accepted (the Communist Party of Spain included), with a greater and lesser degree of enthusiasm, the central role of the monarchy in guiding the democratic process in Spain\u201d. However, Mr Iglesias also notes that Adolfo Su\u00e1rez, the first prime minister under the new regime, did not want to risk a referendum in which the people might vote for a republic. <\/p>\n