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The Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, has assured this Saturday that the complaint against the president of Congress, Meritxell Batet, in which he is accused of "prevarication" for removing the seat of the United We can deputy Alberto Rodríguez after being disqualified by the Supreme Court is a legal action of the affected person "in a personal capacity".

"It is natural that the affected person has thought to initiate the legal actions that his legal advisers consider appropriate. It is a legal action in a personal capacity by someone who is outraged by this process that should not have occurred," the minister has made clear before presenting in Madrid a campaign against sugar consumption among minors.

With these words, Garzón unmarked United Podemos from the lawsuit against Batet, despite the fact that last night the formation announced this initiative for alleged "prevarication" of the president of Congress for having yielded to "pressure" from the Supreme Court and the "extreme right" and for deciding to remove Rodríguez from the seat "unilaterally, against the criteria of the lawyers of the Chamber and of the Board of Congress."

In the opinion of the Minister of Consumption, Batet's decision is "a mistake."

"The lawyers' report was very clear and stated that the Supreme Court ruling could be complied with without the need to disqualify and withdraw the seat," he emphasized.

For this reason, Garzón understands that the affected person has thought of initiating legal actions "by deviating from that line a political error was being produced", in reference to Batet's decision.

The minister has acknowledged that he learned about the complaint "like everyone else" and has downplayed the importance of this matter affecting the government coalition.

"We have tense moments like any coalition with various political spaces, but I think this does not affect the long journey of the progressive coalition to implement measures that improve the lives of working families," he concluded.

Rodríguez was informed this Friday of the Supreme Court official that disqualifies him after being convicted of a crime of attack on agents of the authority, a sentence of one year and 15 days in prison, commutable by a fine, and special disqualification for the right to passive suffrage during the sentence and Batet has made it known to him personally.

After days of tension between the legislative and judicial powers, Batet's decision to initiate the process for the deputy of the United Podemos Alberto Rodríguez to leave his seat provoked a strong reaction against the United We, led by its leader, Ione Belarra, who charged against the judicial decision.

"Without evidence and without witnesses. This is about #JuecesContraLaDemocracia. Alberto Rodríguez has just been deprived of acting as a deputy and representing the working people of our country from Congress. Democracy loses, the extreme right advances," said Podemos in his account official.

Within hours, the permanent commission of the General Council of the Judiciary condemned Belarra's words against the judges for exceeding his criticism of "freedom of expression."

Very different is the opinion of the Socialist branch of the Coalition Government. The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has advocated for "not judicializing political life", on what has been declared "contrary" with respect to the complaint announced by Podemos to the President of Congress, Meritxell Batet, after complying with the Court's ruling Supreme Court and remove the seat from the deputy and member of Podemos, Alberto Rodríguez.

Robles, who has participated in one of the conferences of the III Interreligious Encounter held this Saturday in Santiago de Compostela, has defended a country "with dialogue and coexistence", in which "judicializing political life is not the best."

"Political life has its own channel for dissemination and debate. Political problems are resolved politically and not by filing complaints," he assured.

"We are going to be very respectful, let justice be not politicized," insisted the minister, who has also been asked about the labor reform, on which no deadlines have been advanced.

"The Government has to collaborate, there are no plots of anyone. We all debate and discuss. When there is debate and discussion, indeed progress is made. The Government has very clear commitments in favor of the most vulnerable that will be debated within the Council of Ministers , where no one can exclude anyone ", said Robles.

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