Vox has filed a complaint this morning before the Supreme Court against the acting president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont, whom they describe as a “terrorist”, and in which they demand the “immediate suspension of the investiture” as a precautionary measure in the face of, according to the formation, “the circumstances of social alarm” and “the extreme gravity and urgency for the survival of our legal system.”
The alleged crimes that the party led by Santiago Abascal attributes to the leader of the PSOE are bribery, cover-up or collaboration with terrorism, usurpation of functions of the judicial power, and negotiations and activities prohibited to public officials and abuses in the exercise of his function. Vox understands that Sánchez “is committing a crime of bribery in a flagrant and public manner,” and that, in his opinion, “he deserves the immediate criminal reproach of the judiciary” after, as detailed by the ultra formation, “failing to comply with all the rights inherent to office”.
Likewise, those from Abascal denounce a “takeover” of the PSOE in the Constitutional Court with an “illegitimate and illegal bill” in January 2023 that, in their opinion, “forced the will of the General Council of the Judiciary” in a context that Vox understands as “moments of maximum gravity for our democracy.” That is why the ultra formation goes to the Supreme Court, where in its opinion, “the safeguard of our legal system” is found.
For all these reasons, Vox requests the suspension of the investiture to avoid, as described in the complaint, “consummating to its last expression the illicit agreement that consists of bribery” which they recognize as “the consideration” of Sánchez for the favorable vote of Junts for his investiture as president of the government. For this reason, those from Abascal include Carles Puigdemont in the complaint, since, as they detail, the pact “collaborates with terrorism, covers up criminals and attempts to usurp judicial functions.”
Vox points out in the complaint that “the parliamentary majority does not make criminal acts legal, just as it does not turn lies into truth or evil into good.” Along these same lines, and, in their opinion, they regret that Sánchez intends to “end the equality before the Law of the Spanish people”, “discriminate on the basis of ideological and partisan status” and “legitimize the massive commission of crimes against the constitutional order” .