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The State Bar Association has released a statement on Sunday declining that the State Advocacy is under pressure in relation to its future ruling on immunity issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union ( CJEU ) for the convicted of the procés and leader of ERC, Oriol Junqueras.

"The directive council of the State Bar Association rejects any attempt of interference or pressure and, especially, of threat, whose purpose is to distort or condition the exercise of the functions of the State Bar." Thus he warns in the aforementioned communiqué, where he makes it clear that the State's lawyers must act "with strict compliance with technical-legal criteria" in their "procedural briefs and reports."

"We are professionals of the Law and public servants by opposition, that we guarantee since 1881 the submission to the Law and the Law. That is what unites us", concludes the statement that arrives after the Catalan Republicans have made their support to the investiture Pedro Sánchez to know the opinion of the State Advocacy regarding the European ruling known on December 19.

The PSOE and ERC are waiting for the State Advocacy to present their allegations on Monday following the ruling of the CJEU that ruled the immunity of Junqueras since his election as a parliamentarian. Precisely the importance of its position in the negotiations for the investiture of Pedro Sánchez has caused the delay in the presentation of a letter that, in principle, could have been disclosed before Christmas Eve.

At first, the Advocacy planned to present its arguments to the Supreme Court on December 23, but did not do so. The period given by the judges to collect the allegations of the parties expires on January 2. A day later, the Central Electoral Board will study the requests of the PP and Citizens to formally inform the CJEU that Junqueras is not MEP

So far, the Prosecutor's Office has already ruled, which maintains in its brief that the European judgment cannot affect the situation of Junqueras, which is no longer in pretrial detention, but is sentenced to a sentence of 13 years in prison, which It disables you to practice as a MEP.

On the other hand, the defense of the former vice president of the Generalitat made a surprise statement on Christmas Eve. Ask for the nullity of the trial and the immediate freedom of the convicted.

Behind this judicial procedure is the bottom sea of ​​the negotiation with ERC for the investiture of Pedro Sánchez. The Socialists do not want the Advocacy's allegations to be understood as a transfer to the independentistas, while Esquerra demands a clear pronouncement of the legal services of the State in favor of the freedom of Junqueras and, therefore, of the political way to find Exit to the situation in Catalonia.

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