The spokesperson for Junts in the Congress of Deputies, Míriam Nogueras, insists in an interview in ‘Vilaweb’ that “many” judges from the Spanish judicial leadership “have prevaricated”, and warns that “they are not untouchable.” Nogueras is “convinced” that “all these people will pay for the damage they have done.”
“We have normalized the fact that we receive complaints and sit in the dock for being pro-independence,” said the spokesperson, pointing out that “everyone knows” that “the Spanish judicial leadership is partial.”
The Junts leader also admits that in this legislature she receives more threats and insults on the street in Madrid, where she only moves around the Congress area. “We are normalizing the fact that the extreme right roams freely and threatens people with total impunity, because they have it,” she says.
In the interview, Nogueras defends his freedom of expression to criticize the judges, and says that “neither the Spanish judicial leadership, nor the interim president of the General Council of the Judiciary, nor the president of the Supreme Court” have “powers to say to a representative what she can say and what she cannot say.”
The Junts leader admits that she found the CGPJ president’s statement regarding his words in Congress “excessive,” but that she was not surprised. “It is surely the most minuscule and smallest gesture that these people have made in recent years. They have done very well,” she points out, confirming that she already has some complaints about the issue.
Nogueras assures Vilaweb that they are looking “with a magnifying glass” at the amnesty law and are willing to “shield it more” if necessary. The Junts leader also warns the PSOE that her party is essential to guarantee that the legislature moves forward and criticizes that decrees have been approved with a lot of changes, some of which could even put the amnesty at risk.
“You have to work on things, you cannot govern without a solid majority and show that you have one, because you will have surprises,” warns Nogueras. The Junts spokesperson says that they have not yet started talking about the Spanish budgets but anticipates that “there will have to be substantial things” in exchange for their votes.
“If the support of Junts is not there, there is no legislature. We are very clear about it and we have made it very clear to you. If they make fun of you once, it’s the other’s fault. When two or three take it, it’s your fault,” he concludes.
