The Government of Pedro Sánchez has shown its absolute “satisfaction” with the ruling of the General Court of the European Union that has withdrawn the parliamentary immunity of Carles Puigdemont and thus reopens the door to his possible extradition to Spain.
The spokesperson for the Government and Minister for Territorial Policy, the socialist Isabel Rodríguez, has been in charge of expressing the “satisfaction” of the Spanish Executive before this TGUE resolution that lifts the immunity of the former president of the Generalitat, who fled to Belgium ago Six years now, after the fleeting unilateral declaration of independence approved by the Catalan Parliament. “The Government has claimed throughout this time that they should appear before the Spanish courts and answer for the events that occurred in 2017,” defended Isabel Rodríguez, in a statement in Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real).
“This resolution ratifies the position of the Government, protects the European institutions, also endorses the resolution of the European Parliament”, the minister spokesperson pointed out. Therefore, she has insisted on “showing the satisfaction of the Government of Spain.” And she has reiterated the position of the Spanish Executive that “these people have to appear, they have to be held accountable before the Spanish justice system.”
The Government spokesperson also wanted to recall that the events date back to the year 2017. “That is, these people fled after those events in our country, when the Popular Party and Mariano Rajoy governed Spain at that time.” “From then to now, fortunately, things have changed a lot, thanks mainly to the determined action of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, who also made it a fundamental priority to recover coexistence in Catalonia.”
“Today Catalonia is better, to a large extent also due to the action of this Government, which has recovered coexistence”, underlined Isabel Rodríguez. “In Catalonia the laws are complied with, the regulations are complied with, and also Catalonia is actively participating in the economic growth of Spain. Before, the companies fled from there and now the companies settle and invest in Catalonia”, indicated the spokesperson for the Executive.
And he has ensured that “this reminder of what happened then, under a PP government, and what is happening today with a PSOE government and with President Pedro Sánchez, make a difference in how politics can help solve problems, or how from politics you can contribute to generating problems”.
In the same sense, the Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, has expressed himself with a harsh criticism of the former president: “Puigdemont’s clock stopped in 2017, and both the European Parliament and justice have turned their backs on him European and Spanish. Above all, the most important thing is that Catalan society has turned its back on Puigdemont”.
“Catalonia wants to look to the future, and not look to the past and to the representatives of the darkest period in Catalonia such as Puigdemont”, Bolaños pointed out.
The Minister of the Presidency has highlighted that “today we are closer to Puigdemont being rendered accountable before the Spanish justice system.” And, along the same lines as Isabel Rodríguez, Bolaños recalled that the former president “eloped with a PP government.” “The incompetence of the PP that is not lacking”, he has reproached. “Puigdemont fled with a PP government, and now with this government the courts, in this case the European court, agree with Spain’s position and therefore Puigdemont is closer to being brought to justice,” he celebrated. Bolanos.
