This Friday there have been a series of events that show to what extent Spain is suffering a serious political crisis, caused no less than by its acting government.<\/p>\n
The Electoral Board required Torra to respect the neutrality of the institutions<\/big><\/p>\n To find the origin of the events that occurred yesterday, we must go back to March 11, 2019, when, following a complaint from the party Ciudadanos, the Central Electoral Board (JEC) issued its agreement 55\/2019<\/a>, requiring \"the President of the Government of Catalonia to order within a maximum period of 48 hours the immediate withdrawal of the 'stelled' flags or yellow ties<\/strong> that can be found in any public building under the Generalitat of Catalonia\"<\/em>, reminding him \"the obligation of the public authorities to strictly maintain neutrality politics during electoral processes.\"<\/em> Catalan regional president Quim Torra openly disobeyed this requirement<\/a>, after which the party Vox took him to court for a crime of disobedience<\/a>.<\/p>\n A court convicted him of disobedience: Torra himself admitted the crime<\/big><\/p>\n During the trial, Torra himself openly admitted that he had disobeyed the JEC<\/a>, stating that \"the Central Electoral Board is not an organ hierarchically superior to the president of the Generalitat\"<\/em> [Catalan Government]. Torra believes above all state institutions, laws and judicial sentences, an openly undemocratic attitude<\/strong>, since the concept of democracy itself implies that all power is limited in the exercise of its functions by rules of coexistence that affect us all. On December 19, the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) condemned Torra for a crime of disobedience<\/a>.<\/p>\n The effects of the sentence: Torra cannot be elected or ruler<\/big><\/p>\n The judgment (see PDF)<\/a> clearly indicates that one of the effects of the conviction is the \"SPECIAL DISQUALIFICATION for the exercise of elective public office<\/strong>, whether local, autonomous, state or European, as well as for the performance of duties of government<\/strong> at the local, regional and state levels, for a period of ONE (1) YEAR AND SIX (6) MONTHS.\"<\/em> That same day, Torra said: \"I can only be disabled by the Parlament\"<\/a>, evidencing once again that he believes above any law or sentence, an attitude of a tyrant<\/strong> and incompatible with democratic approaches. No ruler is above the laws and Justice.<\/p>\n The Central Electoral Board applies the ruling of the TSJC and dismisses Torra<\/big><\/p>\n It should be remembered that Article 6.2 of the Electoral Law (LOREG)<\/a> points out in point b) that those \"convicted by sentence, even if not firm, for crimes of rebellion, terrorism, against the Public Administration<\/strong> or against the Institutions are ineligible of the State when it has established the penalty of disqualification for the exercise of the right of passive suffrage or that of absolute or special disqualification<\/strong> or suspension for employment or public office in the terms provided in criminal law.\"<\/em> In the Criminal Code, the crimes of disobedience are included in Chapter III of Title XIX, dedicated to \"Crimes against Public Administration.\" Thus, according to the law, Torra must be dismissed.<\/strong> The Popular Party, Vox and Ciudadanos requested the application of the judgement to the Provincial Electoral Board, but that Board rejected the request.<\/a> The three parties appealed<\/a> that decision, and yesterday the JEC gave them the reason, dictating the dismissal of Torra<\/a> in application of the ruling of the TSJC for which he was disqualified.<\/p>\n Torra declares himself in absentia and challenges the Electoral Board<\/big><\/p>\n What we have seen so far is what should be normal in any country in which a politician skips the laws: his dismissal by judicial means.<\/strong> But it is seen that Quim Torra believes that democracy consists in choosing the ruler so that he later does what he wants. And it is that as it already did before the resolution of the JEC and before the judgement of the TSJC<\/strong>, yesterday Torra replied to the JEC saying that only the Catalan Parliament can dismiss him<\/a>. It seems that this individual does not realize the seriousness of his actions, because with that positioning he is openly declaring himself in rebellion, incurring again in another crime of disobedience.<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the possible communist ministers of Pedro S\u00e1nchez insults the judges<\/big><\/p>\n In case it was not serious enough that an autonomous president believes him above the law and judicial sentences, yesterday one of the partners of the Socialist Party (PSOE), the communist Alberto Garz\u00f3n, coordinator of the United Left, attacked the Justice with this embarrassing message<\/a>:<\/p>\n La derecha espa\u00f1ola, a trav\u00e9s de su reaccionario brazo judicial, inhabilita a Torra. La derecha espa\u00f1ola, contra la democracia y contra los resultados en las urnas que no le gustan. Tenemos un grav\u00edsimo problema con las altas instancias del poder judicial en Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n — Alberto Garz\u00f3n\ud83d\udd3b (@agarzon) January 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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