It is Sánchez who puts the CGPJ pact at risk

Nobody hides the risk that the PP runs in its negotiation with President Sánchez to renew the General Council of the Judiciary and the Constitutional Court.

This is how his fear of the reaction of "the political, judicial and media right" or his statement that "rejecting any agreement with Pedro Sánchez under the ar

statement that he is not to be trusted" is "pure Trumpism."

This is not the spirit of those who constructively acknowledge that this negotiation cannot be avoided, but at the same time add that it cannot be approached blindfolded, as if the renewal of the bodies that guarantee the independence of judges and the prevalence of The rule of law had nothing to do with the political message that underlies the reduction in penalties for sedition that the Government is preparing with ERC.

This negotiation should be carried out with transparency between the parliamentary groups and has ended up lodged in the secret talks between two party leaders.

The behavior that has brought things to this historic crisis is also sad.

Sánchez first tried to cheapen the reinforced majority so that his investiture majority would suffice;

later he handcuffed the Council so that he could not renew the judicial organs;

Finally, he maneuvered to allow renewal only in the area where hegemony was guaranteed: the TC.

Without attending to everything it is impossible to understand the paralysis of Justice.

EL MUNDO has defended since its foundation the depoliticization of Justice as a basic pillar of a democratic regeneration

that Sánchez assumed when he was in the opposition.

Later, once in Moncloa, he discovered the advantages of narrowing the powers into one.

This crisis should be conceived as an opportunity: a catharsis to move towards the change in the system of electing judges that Europe demands of us.

The PP went from assuming the old system of exchanging names to adopting with Feijóo the commitment of its reform in a pro-European sense.

It is an exercise of responsibility.

But the provocation of the president, while negotiating the sedition with ERC, should be enough to set off the alarms in Genoa, from where the alternative to Sánchez will start.

This alternative will be clearly perceived if the PP obtains bodies made up of independent profiles and linked to constitutional consensus, as well as a clear commitment to address a reform of the election system.

There is no negotiation if only the opposition yields.

There will be no lesson learned if the result is a "dejudicialization" that facilitates the unfair agenda of the Government's partners.

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