• Courts Minister Campo defended in Congress in 2017 limiting pardons and prohibiting them in cases of embezzlement

It was clear that the pardons granted to the pro-independence leaders convicted of sedition by the Supreme Court at the end of June were going to mark a before and after in the Pedro Sánchez government. Until then, he did not consider executing his reform of the Executive and counted on the fact that the wear and tear caused by the measures of thanks to the nationalists,

the toll to satisfy his ERC partners

, was going to take its toll. Thus, in the remodeling of the Government announced by Sánchez, Juan Carlos Campo is removed from the Ministry of Justice, who was the one who signed the pardons, six months after his appointment.

Campo will be remembered for meaning himself in this short space of time in favor of granting the measure of grace and trying to explain the advantages he had, not only for the Government, but for the nation. "Forgiving does not imply forgetting, forgiving means giving yourself another opportunity to do better," said the then minister a few weeks ago and spoke again of "reconciliation and reunion" with secessionism. His Ministry prepared the files that

facilitated the partial pardons granted by the Government

yesterday in the Council of Ministers to the nine convicted and were justified as the public utility that "ensuring free and peaceful coexistence" implies.

However, Justice will not be an easy portfolio for his substitute, the president of the Senate Pilar Llop. Nationalism will demand a reform of the Penal Code to lower the penalties for the crimes of sedition and rebellion and that will be the sticking point once the convicted independentistas are free. The

criminal situation of the fugitives such as former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont or ERC leader Marta Rovira must

also

be clarified,

so the Ministry must maximize its relations with the Judiciary.

As Minister of Justice, Llop will be able to further promote the training of prosecutors, judges and magistrates in matters related to sexist violence since she considers, as she assured when she was

Government Delegate for Gender Violence in 201

8, that specialization is necessary to address these cases.

In addition, if approved, the Organic Law of Comprehensive Guarantee of Sexual Freedom may also apply, which considers that "all sexual conduct carried out without consent will be considered sexual assault."

Thus, the crime of rape will no longer only be reserved, therefore, to cases in which violence or intimidation occurs.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

  • Pedro Sanchez

  • Marta Rovira

  • Carles puigdemont

  • Senate

  • Minister council

  • Juan Carlos Campo placeholder image

  • Supreme court

  • Justice

CataloniaSeparatism urges the Government to negotiate amnesty for 3,000 politicians and CDRs prosecuted

Catalonia Oriol Junqueras says that the Government of Pedro Sánchez is "the most committed to democracy and negotiation in the last decade"

Politics The Government justifies the pardon to Oriol Junqueras in his "indisputable weight in the relations between Catalonia and Spain"

See links of interest

  • Last News

  • Work calendar

  • Home THE WORLD TODAY

  • Master investigative journalism

  • Matteo Berrettini - Hubert Hurkacz, live

  • Novak Djokovic - Denis Shapovalov, live

  • Live: 14th stage of the Tour

  • The Wimbledon final, live: Barty - Pliskova