Sílvia Orriols defends the Mossos in Parliament: 'The Jungle Book'

Aliança Catalana was one of the few parties along with Vox that supported the Mossos' rally at the Lleida police station this Monday. Sílvia Orriols's party has been denouncing insecurity in Catalonia for some time. Now it aligns with the police officers who demand more legal security in the face of the violence unleashed against their agents in the streets.

The demands reached Parliament this Wednesday, precisely at the hands of Aliança Catalana. "This is starting to look like The Jungle Book," she said in relation to street violence against the police. Following the same analogy, she asked Illa "which role he will choose," whether Shere Khan's or Mowgli's.

Shere Khan is the antagonist of The Jungle Book, and therefore embodies the role of the villain. Mowgli is the protagonist, the good character. Orriols wonders if Illa will choose the good side (police) or the bad side (violent individuals) in this movie.

The deputy lamented that "the extremist, violent, and anti-democratic postulates of the CUP have set a trend in multicultural neighborhoods." She also criticized "the extreme left's obsession with turning police forces into civic agents without authority or legal authority." This, she said, "endangers citizen security and the integrity of the agents themselves."

Orriols also invited Illa to "take a walk around La Mariola without an escort, to see if we end up in the emergency room." The video is being widely shared on social media. Orriols has once again shown herself to be in top form as a parliamentarian.

Vox accuses Illa of "abandoning the agents"

Ignacio Garriga, from Vox, also asked Illa to "take responsibility for the unstoppable deterioration of security in Catalonia." He did so in reference to the assault on six Mossos d'Esquadra officers in La Mariola (Lleida). Garriga directly accused Illa of "abandoning our agents."

Vox reproached politicians and police leaders for labeling assaults on police officers as "isolated incidents." It blames the Generalitat government for "condoning the assaults" against the police. Assaults committed by "maladapted criminals who live outside our norms and customs."

"Every silenced assault, every abandoned neighborhood, and every despised agent is a sign of your failure," he concluded.