The Andalusian party Adelante Andalucía has accused police of using violence against two of its members during an operation at a Granada strike picket. Party spokesperson José Ignacio García called on Wednesday for the resignation of the representative of the Spanish central government in the province. The operation took place during the general strike called for 11 November 2026.
According to the party, the Andalusian parliament members Inma Manzano and the party's organisation secretary Néstor Salvador were attacked during the operation. Manzano said she had been pushed; Salvador was treated in an emergency department. According to the newspaper Granada Hoy, the party said he had been diagnosed with chest trauma and a broken rib. It has not been independently confirmed whether the injury was caused by a blow from police.
The picket had gathered early in the morning at the operating facilities of the Granada Metro According to a report by local broadcaster 101TV, participants tried to prevent the first train from leaving. The National Police then intervened. The party shared footage of the operation; the UGT Granada union also criticised the officers’ actions.
Manzano called for the resignation of Pablo García Ruiz, the central government’s representative in Granada province. García later repeated this demand at a rally in Seville. The party spokesperson held the socialist PSOE politically responsible for the police’s actions. The reports reviewed contain no police statement addressing the individual allegations of violence.
García described the general strike as a success and thanked the workers who had taken part. This is a political assessment; it does not establish how many people across the country stopped work.
Unions across Spain had called for the walkout. The protests are directed, among other things, at difficulties accessing affordable housing. In Andalusia, a regional government order set minimum service levels for the health sector. The strike there was scheduled to run from midnight until 23:59.
Adelante Andalucía had already announced before the strike that it would not take part in the regional parliament’s budget debate. García defended the decision on Wednesday, saying he preferred to take part in the strike rather than attend the parliamentary session.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).