Vito Quiles takes his actions without permission to Complutense and the government delegate describes it as a “provocation”

Far-right agitator Vito Coelz has called an event on Wednesday, November 12 at 5:00 p.m. At the Faculty of Political Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), which the center said had not received any application for a license to host the activity.

“We will see you this Wednesday in Complutense. We will color the Podemos fiefdom with reddish joy despite the threats of violence and extremists,” he announced on social networks after canceling his planned extremist tour on November 3. Combat SpainThis is due to the clashes that took place at the University of Navarra. A series of rallies that he attended accompanied by escorts close to neo-Nazi groups.

However, Complutense issued a statement informing it that “there is no registered request through official authorized channels for the transfer or use of university spaces,” and therefore the act is unauthorized. “UCM states that any activity conducted in its facilities must obtain appropriate prior authorization, which is a necessary condition to maintain security, coexistence and normal development of academic missions,” the entity emphasizes.

In this sense, the university center defended its “commitment to the principles of respect, pluralism and constructive dialogue” and stressed that freedom of expression in the university environment “is always exercised within the legal and academic framework that governs public institutions of higher education.”

The government delegate in Madrid, Francisco Martin, warned that Quiles’ announcement was “another provocation” and pointed out that although the management of the event belonged to the League, it had at its disposal state security forces and bodies.

Martin highlighted that the focus has currently been informed and will take place in a campus environment, so the administration is aligned with the academic centre. But he stressed that security personnel “are present for everything the university requires.”

Thus Martin emphasized that Spanish society and the Community of Madrid prefer to focus on how the country can achieve “better, more just living conditions and a better future,” and that those who “try to create tension” and “generate situations of violence” are only doing “harm to coexistence.” The government delegate affirmed: “I believe that the vast majority of Madrid residents support coexistence and freedom and not the provocations that some seek and which I believe should be left aside.”