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		</div><p>Thousands rallied in Madrid on Saturday to support a no-confidence vote against conservative prime minister Mariano Rajoy brought by the far-left Podemos party.</p>
<p>Podemos organised the gathering to bolster its no-confidence vote against Mr Rajoy&#8217;s ruling Popular Party, which has been hit by a series of corruption scandals.</p>
<p>The rally under the slogan &#8220;We have to throw them out&#8221; was held in the Puerta del Sol, a large square in the heart of Spain&#8217;s capital.</p>
<p>Many protesters held signs that read &#8220;Enough!&#8221; or &#8220;Corruption!&#8221;</p>
<p>Podemos registered its intention on Friday to bring the no-confidence vote to Parliament.</p>
<p>The move includes presenting the party&#8217;s pony-tailed leader, Pablo Iglesias, as an alternative candidate to replace Mr Rajoy.</p>
<p>No date has been set for the no-confidence vote but the move appears designed to fail.</p>
<p>With only 71 members in parliament, Podemos would need help from other parties to reach the majority needed of 176.</p>
<p>No other major party says it will back the move to topple Mr Rajoy.</p>
<p>Speaking at a Podemos party congress before the rally, Mr Iglesias admitted that &#8220;the no-confidence vote won&#8217;t prosper&#8221;.</p>
<p>But hours later, Mr Iglesias struck a defiant tone at the rally, calling the Popular Party &#8220;a mafia-like party&#8221;.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;The people are not afraid. They are telling the corrupted to &#8216;get lost, we want a Spain of the 21st century,&#8221;</i> Mr Iglesias said.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;This country is better than its parliament and we are showing the way to the future.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Mr Rajoy has been dragged into the most damaging of corruption cases involving the Popular Party, an alleged kickbacks-for-contracts scheme to finance party activities.</p>
<p>Spain&#8217;s National Court has called Mr Rajoy as a witness in the case.</p>
<p>Like his party, Mr Rajoy has denied any wrongdoing.</p>
<p>He has asked to appear for the court hearing via video conference in July.</p>
<p>On Monday, Podemos will present a motion to hold a separate no-confidence vote against Madrid&#8217;s regional leader, Cristina Cifuentes, for another corruption investigation involving the Popular Party.</p>
<p>Podemos was founded in 2014, partly channeling the &#8220;Indignados&#8221; protest movement of 2011 that protested the impact of Spain&#8217;s financial woes during the European financial crisis.</p>
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