Brussels demands explanations from the Spanish government about the amnesty and it pretends to be unaware of it

@ElentirENG ES 11·09·2023 · 6:57 0

The cynicism of Pedro Sánchez's government reached an extreme this Wednesday that is very difficult to overcome, although everything is possible for the socialists.

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The European Commissioner for Justice demands a "detailed" explanation

Yesterday it became known that the European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, has requested a "detailed" explanation to the Spanish government about the amnesty for those convicted of the 2017 separatist coup in Catalonia and those prosecuted for terrorism crimes, including former regional president Carles Puigdemont. In his letter, Reynders points out the "serious concerns" that the negotiation of this amnesty has generated and warns that it "has become a matter of considerable importance in the public debate and the Commission has been contacted on this matter, including by a large number of citizens."

A letter that arrives in the midst of a wave of protests in Spain

It is the first time that the European Commission has ruled on this matter, and it has done so in full wave of citizen protests in Spain against the amnesty and two days after the declaration of the Judiciary warning against this measure, which it has described as "a serious violation of fundamental rights and of the system of division of powers itself in which our Constitution is inspired and on which the rule of law is based", adding: "Fundamental freedoms and the rule of law may be in danger."

Minister Bolaños mocks the commissioner and pretends to be unaware of the amnesty

Last night the response of one of the two recipients of the letter from the European Commissioner for Justice, the Minister of the Presidency, was known. The socialist Félix Bolaños has responded to Reynders with a cynical letter in which he pretends to be unaware of the aforementioned amnesty, stating that "currently the Government of Spain is in office, which prevents it from sending bills to the Cortes Generales. In this sense, any bill that may be registered in the Congress of Deputies will come from the parliamentary groups and not from the Council of Ministers."

The socialist Bolaños adds: "However, if a proposed amnesty law is registered, rest assured that we will explain to you and Vice President Věra Jourová all the details of that law, as well as the position of our Government." We are facing an exhibition of shamelessness, if we take into account that on November 2, just a week ago, it was Bolaños himself who signed the pact with ERC regarding that amnesty. Let us remember, on the other hand, that on October 28 it was Pedro Sánchez, president of the government, who announced the amnesty.

Shortly after, the PSOE leaked that it will announce its agreement with Junts this Thursday

In fact, shortly after Bolaños' response to the European Commission was disseminated, the PSOE leaked to a media related to the government that this Thursday it will announce its pact with Junts, Puigdemont's party, a pact that would include that amnesty , which the socialists and separatists have been negotiating for days in Brussels.

A mockery of the Spanish that deserves more protests in the streets

Bolaños' letter is an exhibition of cynicism in which Commissioner Reynders is lied to and taken for a fool, pretending to be unaware of an amnesty law in which Pedro Sánchez's government has taken the lead in at all times with the aim of achieving his re-election. But if the teasing of the commissioner is serious, the most serious thing is the mockery that this letter represents against all Spaniards, as we have seen the president of the government and the aforementioned minister directly involved in this attack on the Rule of Law, to now see how they pretend to ignore what they are up to.

This government has no qualms about tarnishing the image of Spain and our institutions, and all this to obtain the support of a fugitive from Justice so that Sánchez can remain in power, at any price, even going so far as to put our democracy on the brink of a precipice. If we Spaniards had reasons to demonstrate in front of the PSOE headquarters in recent days, now we have even more. You can check the upcoming mobilizations here.

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Photo: GTRES. Pedro Sánchez with the Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños.