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Updated Tuesday, February 6, 2024-00:02

As this newspaper published yesterday, the Supreme Court prosecutor in charge of qualifying Judge Manuel García-Castellón's request to open a case against Carles Puigdemont for the

Tsunami case

- which affects the amnesty and, with it, the stability of the Government - changed radically of opinion after meeting with the state attorney general. In just 72 hours - Saturday, Sunday and Monday -

Álvaro Redondo went from writing a report in which he stated that the events attributable to the escapee fit "without

"doubt" in the crime of terrorism to argue exactly the opposite.

EL MUNDO today reveals the literal nature of both reports: Redondo went so far as to erase five signs of terrorism against Pedro Sánchez's parliamentary partner.

In an unusual action, the Prosecutor's Office sent two statements yesterday in which, wanting to deny our exclusive, it confirmed it. One of these statements is a press release attributed to Redondo in which he denies pressure from the attorney general and assures that he discussed the second report with him "surroundedly." His story can only be described as comical. But also, Redondo gave himself a rant before the press to try to explain his sudden turn, which happened on a weekend. The appearance of partiality of the prosecutor, with the PSOE cheering on his words, is undeniable:

There is no further proof that he has bowed to the interests of Álvaro García Ortiz and, therefore, of Moncloa.

It is up to you to rectify whether you retain an iota of respect for your prestige, necessarily based on your autonomy.

Beyond the succession of events exposed by this newspaper, what is remarkable today is

the web of lies and manipulations with which the Prosecutor's Office seeks to hide the scandal.

On Sunday, García Ortiz's cabinet "flatly" denied to EL MUNDO the existence of these two reports, which yesterday it had no choice but to acknowledge. According to the Public Ministry, there have not been two absolutely contradictory reports, but rather a first draft and a single valid report. It's a falsehood

: the supposed draft is dated and signed, and contains the same heading on the letterhead of the Supreme Court; beats,

like the second report, the 60 pages, many of them with extensive arguments to support the classification of terrorism; and Redondo himself handed it over to the Chief Criminal Prosecutor of the Supreme Court.

This episode not only aggravates distrust in an institution led by an attorney general convicted of misuse of power, but also confirms the damage that Sánchez's obsession with approving the amnesty is generating in the rule of law. A damage that could be even greater with the president's latest announcement, which he is now studying

modify the Criminal Procedure Law

to take power away from the judges for the benefit, once again, of the parliamentary partner to whom the president has chosen to be hostage.

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