The PP requests explanations from the State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortíz, for the decision of the Supreme Court prosecutor, Álvaro Redondeo, who has submitted a letter in which he does not appreciate elements of terrorism in the case being pursued against the former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont, for the altercations in Tsunami Democràtic mobilizations after the Supreme Court ruling for the Procès, in 2019.
The general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, requests that the attorney general appear in Congress, after it has become known that the Supreme Court prosecutor changed his mind after a meeting with the attorney general, since at first he perceived elements of terrorism that could be attributed to Puigdemont, and later he changed the letter, after the meeting with his superior, “imposed by Pedro Sánchez.”
In an interview on RNE, the number two of the PP demanded transparency from the attorney general, and that is why she called on him to give a credible explanation about the “change of position” in the Supreme Court prosecutor’s office regarding Puigdemont. The PP wants to know “what that meeting with the Supreme Court Prosecutor’s Office consisted of” and remembers that the current State Attorney General was accused of diversion of power and, instead of having been removed, he has been ratified, which in his opinion “affects the independence of the Prosecutor’s Office.”
Cuca Gamarra also criticized that the attorney general had refused to meet with the Fiscal Council, to rule on the amnesty, and that it was a statement requested by the Senate, to help in the processing of the bill in the Upper House, Since it is not a bill, but a proposal, this report is not required.
The PP is convinced that behind this change of opinion regarding Puigdemont’s involvement in a crime that could be considered terrorism, is the Government and its attempt to ensure that the former president can benefit from the amnesty law. Cuca Gamarra, therefore, accused Pedro Sánchez of having “assumed the role of judge” by qualifying the events that occurred during the process and demanded that the President of the Government “respect the separation of powers.”
Cuca Gamarra, in addition, rejected that the amnesty law can continue to be debated in Congress, with its referral by the plenary session to the Justice Commission, because “it was rejected by an absolute majority” in the Plenary Session of Congress, and according to their reading The popular vote can only be referred to the Commission if it obtains more yes votes than no votes, even if those yes votes do not reach the required absolute majority. On this occasion there were more opponents, so in the opinion of the PP it should have declined, and if it wants to move forward it will have to start processing from scratch, with the presentation of another bill.
“The process cannot be perverted,” said the general secretary of the PP, who assured that “we are going to use all the instruments that are at our disposal to defend legality,” which could include an unconstitutional appeal, in which the PP would request the precautionary suspension of the processing.
For this reason, the PP demands that the PSOE withdraw the amnesty law, which it also considers “unconstitutional”, and believes that it would be the logical thing that any group would do, including the PSOE, “if the PSOE had a minimum of respect for the institutions and of decorum to the word they gave to their voters.
Cuca Gamarra does not rule out that the PSOE, on the contrary, continues with the processing in the Commission, and that Pedro Sánchez is willing to amnesty terrorism, corruption and ask for forgiveness on behalf of all those who defended the rule of law in 2017, because ” For him anything goes” and “he has no limits to stay in power.” The general secretary of the PP warns him, however, that “he will amnesty everything, but the Spanish are not going to amnesty him.”
The number two of the PP criticized that the Government is only concerned about approving this amnesty law, forgetting about the rest of the problems that Spain suffers, such as the situation of farmers and ranchers, the drought or that families cannot make ends meet.
