The process to definitively approve the amnesty now goes through the Senate, which the PP controls with an absolute majority. The law is expected to come into force at the end of May, when it will be published in the BOE and the judges will come into play. Some have already made it clear that they will do what they can to leave the law behind bars, but some prisoners who have nothing to do with the process are already trying to take advantage of the opportunity.
This is the unlikely case of a man from Langreo, in Asturias, who destroyed the police station cell where he was detained for a case of sexist violence. The twist in the story came a few hours later, when the man was brought before the judge to testify.
The man assured the magistrate that he had destroyed the dungeon for the independence of Catalonia and that, therefore, he hoped to be able to benefit from the amnesty. A case of mischief between regrettable and surreal that will not have a future, because the amnesty will only exonerate crimes committed until November of last year.
