The Contentious Administrative Court number 4 of Valencia has annulled the sanction of 3,000 euros imposed on the leader of Spain 2000 in Valencia, José Luis Roberto, for boycotting the screening of a film by Alejandro Amenábar about Miguel de Unamuno in a central cinema From Valencia.
The Government subdelegation imposed a fine of 3,000 euros on Roberto – and five other people – for having violated article 36.1 of Organic Law 4/2017, on the Protection of Citizen Security (for disturbing security at cultural events).
Specifically, the judge fully upholds the plaintiff’s appeal against the resolution of the general directorate of the Ministry of the Interior by which it was agreed to dismiss the appeal that the defendant filed against the proposed sanction of the Government subdelegation.
As the fine has already been paid, the central Administration must now refund the amount plus interest, and bear the procedural costs, with a maximum limit of 500 euros.
The plaintiff alleged that it was not true that the actor participated in the reported events, that the agents were not eyewitnesses of the events and that the “only reason for his identification was that he was perfectly known as a leader of the Spain 2000 political party.”
However, the judge has not considered these allegations, but rather other procedural issues related to the statute of limitations.
In the present case, according to the ruling, to which EFE has had access, the 3-month period that the administration had to respond to the appeal presented by Roberto against the sanction of the Government subdelegation was exceeded.
The incident at the Lys cinemas occurred on October 3, 2019, and a day later the Local Police reported that they had reported six people for disturbing public order.
España 2000 published the video of the events on its Facebook page, in which several people are seen breaking into the room and how they display a large Spanish flag in front of the screen with the motto: “Join the resistance: Spain 2000 “, right at the beginning of the film screening.
The images show four people holding the flag for several minutes and how they then fold the fabric and leave the room shouting “Long live Spain”, “Long live Christ the King” and “Spain, one, strong and free”, while Several spectators ask for silence and others leave the cinema.
Three days later and in statements to journalists in Valencia, Amenábar said that the attempts to boycott his new film were achieving “exactly the opposite: arousing curiosity and making more people want to see it,” and defended the importance of “looking back.” , in the past.
