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Left Alliance Launches 'Respeto' Platform, Calls Nov. 23 León Protest Over Castilla y León Wildfires

Regional prosecutors are probing the Junta’s summer fire response.

Overview

  • PSOE, IU, Sumar, Podemos, CCOO, SteCyL and Cavecal unveiled Respeto to coordinate pressure on the regional government and set a 23 November march in León.
  • The Fiscalía de Castilla y León has opened investigative proceedings into possible criminal liability over the summer fires that killed five people and burned about 150,000 hectares.
  • Respeto demands a fully public, year‑round wildfire operative and the resignation of Environment Minister Juan Carlos Suárez‑Quiñones.
  • Organisers are arranging buses from the other eight provincial capitals and describe the León rally as the first of a broader campaign.
  • President Alfonso Fernández Mañueco says he respects the call to protest and is calm about the probe, noting similar 2022 complaints were archived.