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Justice Minister Juan Carlos Campo has affirmed this Monday in the Justice Commission of the Congress of Deputies that "trying to obtain political income from the suffering generated by this calamity would be something totally unforgivable. The worst insult to the deceased and their loved ones dear ones. "

Campo has spoken in these resounding terms in a voluntary appearance initially to detail the decree-law of "procedural and organizational measures to deal with Covid-19 in the field of the Administration of Justice" and where in the end it had to give explanations for the inability of his ministry to give the death toll from coronavirus from civil registries.

Juan Carlos Campo has defended himself against the harsh criticism of the opposition that accuse him of "hiding" the dead of Covid-19. The holder of Justice has indicated that it is "absolutely false that in Spain data on deceased are hidden" by coronavirus.

"The truly irresponsible thing is to hide the truth. How many people have died since the pandemic was declared? How many from coronavirus? Why don't they publish real figures?" Said the spokesman for the Popular Party, Luis Santamaría.

The minister reproached the formation of Pablo Casado for the tone used when requesting the "real numbers" of those killed by the pandemic. "It saddens me because I believe that the request for appearance and the public protests of some political leaders, are based on tortuous, irresponsible and very dangerous premises," stressed the minister, who tried to explain again why it is not possible to know today the global death toll from Covid-19.

"Pain as a political weapon"

"I publicly accuse him of hiding from his ministry and from the Ministry of Health the data of deaths by Covid-19," Vox spokesman Javier Ortega Smith asked . "No one hides data about anything," replied the Minister of Justice on his turn to speak. "You gentlemen of the Government have not tested either the living or the dead, so it is impossible for you to have a death toll," returned the leader of Vox.

Visibly upset, although without losing his calm, Juan Carlos Campo maintained that "in a situation of extreme social sensitivity, questioning the credibility and trust in institutions is dangerous and can hinder the way out of the crisis." The minister regretted that "pain and human tragedy were used as a political weapon."

Regarding the decree-law to avoid the collapse of the courts, Campo maintained time and time again that it had been done with the collaboration of all the legal operators and always seeking "consensus." As an example, he stated that the most controversial average of all - the empowerment of the month of August in the courts - was requested by five autonomous communities.

THE WORLD has reported this Monday that the Governments of the Community of Madrid, Cantabria, the Canary Islands, the Basque Country and Navarra have requested the aforementioned measure, based on the initiative of Madrid councilor Enrique López.

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