At the Madrid Assembly on 8 October 2026, Alfonso Serrano, secretary general of the Madrid PP, asked the National Police to review Manuela Bergerot’s remarks. The PP says the Más Madrid spokesperson acknowledged a physical threat when challenged over her warning that Madrid’s streets would have no peace. The complaint asks investigators to assess whether the remarks have criminal relevance; it does not claim that a crime has already been established.
The filing came as a camp remained in Puerta del Sol and aggressive messages circulated against Madrid’s public representatives. The PP linked the confrontation in the chamber to images showing Isabel Díaz Ayuso and José Luis Martínez-Almeida alongside demands for their heads, with coffins also depicted. It also asked Government delegate Francisco Martín to guarantee public representatives’ safety and freedom to engage in political activity. Bergerot linked her warning that Madrid’s streets would have no peace to Mari Carmen’s death after an eviction and the housing crisis, presenting it as a warning about social conflict, not a direct call for physical violence.
The exchange began when PP spokesperson Carlos Díaz-Pache asked Bergerot whether her words amounted to a physical threat. The complaint and reports by EFE and Europa Press say Bergerot nodded and repeated that there would be no peace in the streets. Díaz-Pache pressed her to make the alleged threat explicit and told the president of the Assembly that he was being threatened physically. Independent reports describe a heated confrontation but stop short of saying Bergerot called for an attack or for violence.
Serrano wants police to obtain the complete recordings of the parliamentary intervention. He also asked investigators to add protest material to the proceedings, including publications and graphic material connected with Puerta del Sol. Videos linked to the camp are part of the request. The filing asks investigators to weigh the full context of the exchange, including its wording and possible consequences, rather than rely on the brief exchange captured in the chamber.
The dispute is unfolding alongside a security concern already tied to the Sol camp. Earlier reporting said police were preparing security measures around Congress as a planned march from Sol moved closer to national institutions. During the same Assembly session, Ayuso also asked whether opposition remarks amounted to a physical threat.
After the filing, Más Madrid rejected the PP’s interpretation, saying there would be no social peace until there was justice in housing matters. The party presented Bergerot’s words as a political warning about the consequences of the housing crisis, not as a threat directed at specific deputies.
The PP of Madrid separately wrote to Government delegate Francisco Martín. It demanded guarantees that public representatives and political organisations could exercise their rights freely, particularly during an electoral period. The party said responsibility would lie with him for anything that might happen to a party leader or supporter.
The complaint describes the atmosphere as capable of creating serious intimidation, which it calls concrete and credible. It argues that this climate could interfere with a freely conducted campaign and the effective exercise of political pluralism. The PP tied those concerns to material displayed or circulated around the Puerta del Sol camp, including hostile images involving Ayuso.
The police filing does not prove that a crime occurred. It asks the National Police to assess the wording and context, along with the material’s possible reach and purpose, against evidence from the protests. The reports cited do not announce that criminal proceedings have begun or charges have been filed, and report no judicial finding. For now, the development is a request for investigation.
The PP says public safety and order cannot be separated from political debate when threats and intimidation are reported around a visible protest site. Más Madrid maintains that the dispute reflects unresolved housing injustice and warns of a loss of social peace. Investigators are being asked to decide whether political language crossed into conduct with criminal significance.
