The independence movement will exploit the weakness of the PSOE "if it wants to continue governing"

Victor Mondelo

Updated Tuesday, February 20, 2024-03:57

The debacle of the PSOE in Galicia shows the extent to which

Pedro Sánchez

's commitment to amnesty the criminals of the

process

is wearing down the party. But the President of the Government continues to be handcuffed by the Catalan independentists, who intend to exploit the socialist weakness that these regional elections have demonstrated to deepen their hyperbolic demands, with the modification of the grace measure to shield Carles

Puigdemont

from the accusation of terrorism. as the most imminent claim.

«Sánchez has to move forward if he wants our support. "We continue to demand a comprehensive amnesty," say Junts sources consulted by this newspaper to warn the President of the Government not to fall into the temptation of backing down and test the loyalty of the neo-convergent party. «We do not think about the governability of Spain, nor about the PSOE. "We think of Catalonia," complete the same voices to emphasize that their pulse will not tremble to let Sánchez fall if he fails to comply with the provisions of the investiture pact, a malleable agreement that became more expensive when Junts judged the amnesty bill that they they wrote with the socialists and that they now believe is essential to modify so that their leader can benefit from the exoneration despite being accused of terrorism in the cause of Tsunami Democràtic or in the face of a possible investigation for high treason in which he investigates the links of the environment of the former president of the Generalitat and the Kremlin.

«We will continue negotiating with the PSOE. The Galician elections do not change the investiture agreement that we signed and the legislature will advance depending on whether the agreements are fulfilled," the spokesperson for the heirs of Convergència, Josep

Rius

, insisted in this same sense yesterday .

Rius confirmed that the formal request for an extension requested on Saturday by the PSOE had been previously agreed with Junts, and thus confirmed that the negotiations are continuing, although they are not necessarily facing their final stretch.

"This is not the time to be in a hurry, but to make a good amnesty law," added Rius, assuming that they will not close an agreement before this Wednesday, the date on which the 15-day period granted after preventing Junts initially expired. the processing of the amnesty law.

"The PSOE has lost votes in Galicia in favor of a nationalist formation that defends the amnesty law," considered Rius to maintain that the punishment of the socialists has not been motivated by promoting the annulment of all the crimes of separatism during the independence process, but because of the rise of secessionism in the region.

They do the same reading in ERC. "The growth of the BNG shows that the PSOE cannot turn its back on the independence movement if it wants to continue governing," say sources from the party chaired by

Oriol Junqueras

.

The difference between the Republicans and Junts lies in the fact that ERC already refers to the need to advance in other agreements such as the transfer of Rodalies or the "singular financing" for Catalonia, understanding that the amnesty law already offers all the necessary guarantees to its potential beneficiaries.

"It is necessary that the law be approved and applied as soon as possible," defended yesterday the spokesperson for the party that controls the Government of Catalonia.

Raquel Sans

made a "call for responsibility" from the PSOE and Junts to unblock the approval of the legislative project. "Every day that passes is time for repression, time that the judges gain," said the Republican spokesperson.

Yesterday, the Minister of Territory of the Generalitat, the leader of ERC

Ester Capella

, and the Minister of Transport,

Óscar Puente

, staged the current understanding between the two formations by establishing the commission with which the transfer of Rodalies to Catalonia formally begins. .

«The problem is not the amnesty. It's more background. "If the problem had been the amnesty, the votes would not have gone to a party that also defends it," Puente alleged, while the party to which he belongs continues exploring an understanding with Junts to settle the law that is bleeding the PSOE dry.