Students demonstrated against the Gag Law

Students belonging to the A Contracorrect Student Union of the Marina Alta They demonstrated outside the doors of the Dianense town hall to express their disagreement with the Citizen Security Law, popularly known as the "Gag Law". The call had a poor response as around 100 people came to show their support for this group of students.

The students hung some banners on which messages such as, "We were not born to suffer, we were born to win", "We will not be silent", or "Students in struggle" could be read. Representatives of the CNT, Esquerra Unida, also attended the youth We can Denia, SEP, Intersindical, Esquerra Republicana, Pego Assembly, Workers Commissions, Guanyem Dénia, CUP de Pedreguer, Sanitad Platform, Education Platform, The Greens and the Platform affected by the Mortgage. Some of them wore jaws in their mouths to show their disagreement with the recently passed law.

The student representative, took the floor to read a manifesto among other messages said, "This law criminalizes our rights and proclaims us as criminals by democratically defend ourselves. We want to pay exorbitant fines, they know they can not afford".

They also issued a clear warning to the leaders, "they will cover our mouths but we will continue standing. They will put barriers in our way to make the right to justice more difficult and we will have the right to lose. With each push towards fear, we will make a step against it. Our patience is over but the fight will continue".

During the course of the convocation there was no incident since the behavior of all those gathered there was exemplary. There was hardly any police presence and everyone was able to freely express their ideas about this law that has provoked a lot of debate in different forums.