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Once the decision is made, do not delay it. It is the feeling in the Government before the pardons that will be granted to the leaders of the

procés

. Although no specific date is offered, the

Council of Ministers will

resolve "as soon as possible," state government sources. The end of June, the beginning of July is the range that they manage within the coalition, where some sectors would like it to be this month. "It seems logical."

In the Council of Ministers it is expected that in the coming weeks the Minister of Justice, Juan Carlos Campo, will raise the 12 files -one for each of the

convicted

procés leaders-

and the possible delay that may exist in the decision in the fact of presenting texts that survive the resources that Vox and the PP seek.

"Better quality than speed", they expose in La Moncloa.

However, the majority position is that there is no reason to delay the decision, extend it in time, since the political and public debate has already been unleashed, with the demonstration this Sunday in Madrid's Plaza de Colón as a visible sign of political rejection and Social.

And, therefore, the Executive is already suffering erosion.

"Yes, it seems to me that before we go on vacation, before August 1, we will surely have it. Nor do I imagine that we will keep open a stage of uncertainty" has reflected Miquel Iceta, Minister of

Territorial Policy,

giving voice to the thoughts of many in government.

"The sooner we resolve the issue, the better. Postponing it does not lead to anything," said José Luis Ábalos, Minister of

Transport

.

In the United Podemos sector, they also consider that there are no reasons to delay the decision and that there is room to make the verdict public in the coming weeks.

The calendar handled in La Moncloa is, in any case, not to make the decision before the PSOE primaries in Andalusia - they are this Sunday, but they could have to be resolved on the 20th - and the meeting between Pere Aragonès and Sánchez. A meeting that would be scheduled at the latest "immediately" after that of Sánchez and the Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno, on the 17th.

Without electoral appointments in the immediate future, taking the decision "as soon as possible", they believe in the Government, would avoid the feeling that it wants to hide to dilute it in August, the holiday month and disconnection par excellence, and would allow to start the new political course without the wound for the pardons bleeding so much.

It would not be so protagonist and would allow to focus on the arrival of European funds and the economic recovery that the Executive expects.

"Public utility"

While waiting for how the granting of pardons is argued from Justice, it does seem that "public utility" will be alleged. According to the 1870 law that regulates the exercise of the grace of pardon, "the total pardon will be granted to the convicted only in the case of reasons of justice, equity or public utility in their favor, in the judgment of the sentencing court -that it was the Supreme, who has already shown himself against them- ".

"The decision is not taken against the

Prosecutor's Office

or against the

Supreme Court

, the Government respects Justice," added Minister

Campo

.

But he wanted to make it clear that it does not mean that there is no possibility of giving pardons with a negative report from the sentencing court: "The pardon can be applied when there are reasons of Justice, equity or public utility, according to the law.

That is, the Government will analyze its "public utility" and without looking at the people who can be pardoned, according to Campo's reflection in the

Congress of Deputies

.

Along the same lines, he has defended the reform of the crimes of sedition and rebellion in the

Penal Code

, which will not be done "in any case seeking to favor specific individuals." However, while the bet is to speed up the granting of pardons, the reform of the crime of sedition may go after the summer, according to government sources. One of the reasons is that the Executive needs an absolute majority in

Congress

, 176 votes, and given the doubts that it now has that support, it is preferred to temporize.

Although the Executive has been working in parallel on these two avenues, since both benefit the leaders of the

procés

, the reform of the Penal Code, prioritizes the path of pardon.

The express reform of sedition will be taken to the Council of Ministers, separating it from the rest of the reforms in this text.

Government sources indicate that there will be no global change, but that each adjustment will be made in a timely manner.

Thus, for example, the

law of only yes is yes

, will be addressed expressly.

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