ERC has called on Junts per Catalunya to vote on the Amnesty law as it is and not to get involved in further reforms of the articles because in essence, “it is not a matter of articulation, but of application” of the norm ” and judges apply the law.” Therefore, the Republicans have demanded that the post-convergents “not fall into the judges’ trap” and vote in favor of the text in order to be able to “continue in the fight” for self-determination.
It was the deputy Pilar Vallugera who defended the position of ERC in the debate on the amendments to the Amnesty law that took place in the Congress of Deputies, a debate that was held in an atmosphere of controversy due to Junts’ threat to vote against the law if the PSOE did not accept more changes in the wording as a consequence of the latest judicial movements, by the judge of the National Court, Manuel García-Castellón, and the number 1 investigator of Barcelona, ??Joaquín Aguirre. Vallugera has addressed the Junts bench directly to ask them to act thinking about the “robustness” of the law.
The ERC deputy has replicated the previous words of the post-convergent spokesperson, Míriam Nogueras, who has defended that the rule is “half-baked” and that the aforementioned judges have tools to circumvent the Amnesty law and condemn the accused pro-independence supporters. Vallugera has warned that there are no guarantees that if the law returns to the Justice Committee instead of continuing its course in the Senate, a text as robust as the one that, in her opinion, already exists, can be achieved.
For this reason, the deputy has pointed out to Junts that the amnesty “is not about (Carles) Puigdemont or (Marta) Rovira, but about 1,500 people who have their lives in question, about the underlying lack of democracy and justice.” Spanish”. And after denouncing that “it is shameful” that people who have not committed a crime in their lives can be prosecuted for terrorism,” he has appealed to the robustness of the law as it stands to ensure that “this law , well applied, is a guarantee for all defendants.
“The law is strong enough not to change it based on the prospective investigations of some judges who clearly prevaricate and want to make it shipwreck. Is it necessary that we give them room when we can guarantee our people that they will be amnestied? Can we lose this opportunity?”, Vallugera questioned the Junts deputies.
Thus, the Republican representative has called on Puigdemont’s party to reflect on “what decision makes it easier and benefits more people”, something that “only has one answer: vote yes”, because if not, “in a month What will we do?”.
Despite having negotiated until the end to try to address all concerns, Vallugera has stressed that the “ultimate interest” of the rule “is that everyone is protected, but they already are,” he insisted. Therefore, as with the approval of the norm everything is not over and she will still have to endure unconstitutionality appeals, prejudicial questions, etc., the deputy has demanded that Junts “let’s not fall into the trap” and “let’s continue the fight and win.”
In the presence of the president of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, who attended the plenary session, the spokesperson agreed with Nogueras that “today is not an easy day” but replied that “those of us who come from behind, those of us who did not fall from the horse in 2019, we know what the Spanish State is”. In this sense, he has pointed out that “an amnesty should not be necessary because there was no crime” during the process, and has warned the right-wing bench that “the defense of the right to self-determination, which has been absolutely democratic and peaceful , will not stop”.
