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Spain’s dissolved Congress halts proposed sanction over pepper spray incident
Spain’s dissolved Congress has halted a proposed sanction against Ana Belén Vázquez, a lawmaker from the People’s Party.
The case followed a pepper spray incident in the Congress chamber during a session on September 23.
Vázquez displayed the spray and said it was now basic school equipment in Ceuta; the chamber’s president ordered her to leave because pepper spray is legally treated as a weapon.
The spray later leaked in a restroom, and a dozen staff members and visitors needed medical attention.
Congress’s governing body called Vázquez’s conduct a serious offence and proposed suspending her parliamentary rights and duties for one week.
But the suspension needed approval by the full chamber, and the chamber’s dissolution has stopped that approval process.
The formal penalty will not go ahead, though the reprimand and its reasons will remain in the parliamentary record.
Spain’s dissolved Congress has halted a proposed one-week suspension of People’s Party lawmaker Ana Belén Vázquez over a pepper spray incident.
The proposed sanction required approval by the full chamber, but that step became impossible after the early election was called and Congress was dissolved.
The chamber’s governing body still recorded that Vázquez had committed a serious breach.
The incident took place during a government question session on September 23, when Vázquez displayed pepper spray in the chamber.
A spray leak in a restroom led to medical attention for a dozen staff members and visitors.
- Who
- People’s Party lawmaker Ana Belén Vázquez faced the proposed sanction.
- What
- Congress halted a proposed one-week suspension of her parliamentary rights and duties.
- When
- The incident occurred on September 23; the sanction was halted after Congress was dissolved.
- Where
- Spain’s Congress, in Madrid.
- Why
- The sanction required approval by the full chamber, but dissolution left it unable to proceed.
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Vázquez displayed pepper spray during a government question session in Congress.
A leak after the spray was handled in a restroom led to medical attention for a dozen people.
Congress was dissolved, leaving the proposed sanction without the required full-chamber approval.
- Lawmaker
- Ana Belén Vázquez
- Proposed sanction
- Suspension of parliamentary rights and duties for one week
- Incident date
- September 23
- People receiving medical attention
- A dozen staff members and visitors
- Chamber finding
- Infracción grave” (serious breach)
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