Overview
- The Congress revoked Vito Quiles’s and Bertrand Ndongo’s press access for three months for prior rule breaches and instructed police to deny them entry to a Vox event.
- Vox proceeded with its scheduled 'freedom of expression' session and included Quiles and Ndongo by videoconference from Disenso, where they addressed the room remotely.
- During their remote interventions the two named specific journalists, repeated demonstrably false claims about the press, and Ndongo suggested giving Vox a “lanzallamas” to use against RTVE.
- Security checks at the venue led to the arrest of one guest who had an outstanding warrant, and Vox leaders framed the access ban as censorship while urging supporters to resist the government.
- The presidency relied on Article 105 of the Reglamento and article 72.3 of the Constitution to justify policing the chamber, a step that sharpens the partisan fight over parliamentary norms and media trust.