Marisa Cruz Madrid
Madrid
Updated Tuesday, January 30, 2024-17:02
Politics The PSOE accuses the judges of trying to boycott the amnesty: "Every time the Executive moves a chip, a judge moves a chip"
Justice Two judges place Puigdemont outside Sánchez's amnesty for terrorism and for "harming the vital interests of Spain"
Congress has rejected with the vote of the socialists all the amendments that were still alive to the Amnesty Law. In this way, the bill seems definitively condemned to be returned to the Justice Commission so that the negotiation of a new opinion that also includes new amendments can be restarted there.
Throughout the morning, Junts has maintained pressure on the PSOE, even going so far as to launch an order: either they supported its amendments to delete terrorism and treason from the list of non-amnestiable crimes, or they would overthrow the ruling of the law, thus forcing The proposal will return to the Justice Commission to be retouched again.
Finally, after all their amendments have been rejected, those from Junts are forced to carry out their threat despite the fact that throughout the debate the rest of the Government's allied formations have urged them to "not miss the opportunity" to promote the law. .
The leader of the PP,
Alberto Núñez Feijóo
, has asked the socialists in plenary session not to "spend energy trying to fabricate a story of coexistence", when what it is about is paying with impunity for the votes of the independentists so that
Pedro Sánchez
continues in La Moncloa. Feijóo has wondered how long the PSOE will endure the daily humiliation of its initials, its party and its dignity.
Feijóo has referred to the Junts deputy,
Miriam Nogueras
, as "the one in charge in the Chamber", he has accused the socialists of having "no problem in lying" and pointing out one by one to the ministers present, he reminded them that "Their offices, their chairs and their salaries depend on
Puigdemont
."
The leader of the PP has described the proposed amnesty law as "infamy" and recalled when Sánchez accused Junts of "flirting with
Putin
", denied the constitutionality of the amnesty, accused the leaders of the
process
of having committed rebellion and promised to the attacked police officers that he would go to the end to punish the guilty.
Feijóo has expressly addressed the Junts deputy, Miriam Nogueras, to urge her to clarify whether after an amnesty they will agree not to challenge the State again. Nogueras, with his head bowed, did not respond. The leader of the PP has accused the PSOE of having blended in with the independence movement and has assured that beyond the vote on the amnesty, Sánchez will continue to be under blackmail "jumping rope between red lines and red lines."
"Prevaricating judicial dome"
The spokesperson for Junts, Miriam Nogueras, has gone up to the Congress platform to emphasize the terms of the statement issued by her party at mid-morning. "We cannot leave the amnesty in the hands of the prevaricating Spanish judicial leadership," the deputy defiantly stated, calling on the socialists to support the demands of her formation or take the side of the judges who prevaricate. And she has stressed that her party's fight is for the independence of Catalonia, while what the judicial leadership intends to do is "throw itself at the neck" of the independentists. "The Spanish Government should demonstrate its authority in the face of these unacceptable events. We maintain our position with all the risks," she stressed.
According to Nogueras, the PSOE and the PP "are not prepared to break with Francoism" and he has warned the socialists: "Today they are going to get us but tomorrow it could be you." The deputy has insisted that the judicial leadership has impunity and has stressed that politics must stop being dictated by people like García-Castellón and Aguirre. "Today is not an easy day but as long as we Catalans are not free, we will continue fighting."
ERC has defended that the judges are "inventing" the crimes. Deputy Pilar Vallugera has assured that the independentistas "are not going to stop" and has urged Junts to "not let the opportunity pass." "This amnesty is going to demonstrate to the world the lack of democracy underlying the roots of the Spanish State," she stated. She has also accused the judges of "prevaricating" and has ruled: "There was no terrorism, there was no treason."
The PSOE, like its parliamentary partners, has dedicated its intervention to attacking the PP and has only timidly warned its nationalist and independence allies of the inadvisability of attacking judges and magistrates. His deputy, Francisco Aranda, forgetting the arguments that his own party and the President of the Government maintained until just seven months ago, has insisted on the goodness of the amnesty law because it will guarantee coexistence. "With this law what we do is fix their destruction," he said. In his opinion, the PP focuses on attacking the amnesty because it does not want to recognize that "Spain is doing well."
The argument that judges do everything possible to "dodge" the law by committing "lawfare" has also been key in the intervention of the Podemos deputy, Martina Velarde, who has not hesitated to attack Judge García-Castellón and the sector. "reactionary" of the judiciary.
EH Bildu's speech has moved along the same rails. Jon Iñarritu has assured that there are "dark movements" in the judicial field that are "coordinated and organized." The deputy has joined the accusation of prevarication against the judges and also, he, like the ERC deputy, has urged Junts to " Don't let the opportunity pass you by." Iñarritu has assured that the ultimate objective is to "take down this Government and the plurinational majority that supports it" and to achieve this "the extreme judicial, police and media right is moving."
The PNV has accused the PP of being frustrated for not having been able to achieve power. For Basque nationalists, the amnesty will improve coexistence and social peace and this is the "general interest" that legitimizes the measure of grace. The PNV does not appreciate or undermine equality or the separation of powers and, furthermore, in its opinion, it is being processed in a "transparent" manner. His deputy Mikel Legarda has accused the judges of acting as "activists" and in his speech there has been no reproach to those who led the process but to the Government of Mariano Rajoy which, in his opinion, inadequately and hastily managed the 2017 crisis in Catalonia.
Sumar has focused on attacking the "crony capitalism" of the right and its "rentista" politics. According to Pisarello, this is the true leitmotif of the PP and he sets it in motion when he is in power and when he is not, he activates another method consisting of "looking for friendly judges." Pisarello has also dedicated a cascade of attacks to Judge García-Castellón. For him he is "a match judge willing to do anything." The deputy has completely ignored Puigdemont's maneuvers to focus on attacking the PP.
Santiago Abascal has assumed that Pedro Sánchez is already "condemned" to be subjected to "permanent blackmail." For the Vox leader, buying votes in exchange for amnesty is "corruption." He has regretted that "breaking coexistence" finally has a reward and that the Government "is willing to do anything, to grant amnesty to criminals so that they can try again."