The Chamber approved the treatment of the initiative at dawn and after a marathon session, with votes for ERC, PDeCat, PNV, EH Bildu, Más País and BNG.
Euskaraz irakurri: Sedizio delitua kentzeko lehen pauseoa eman du Kongresuak, eztabaida zakar baten ostean
The proposal of the members of the coalition government (PSOE and Unidas Podemos) to clamp down on the crime of sedition will definitely find its way into the Congresswhich has supported the processing of the initiative after a bitter debate filled with criticism of the executive by the right-wing opposition, which sees it as “a payment to the independence movement”.
At 1 a.m., after a marathon parliamentary day in which the cabinet managed to implement the General Budgets for 2023, the House of Representatives supported consideration of the initiative by 187 votes in favour, 155 against and 6 votes in favor. abstentions. PSOE, Unidas Podemos, ERC, PDeCat, PNV, EH Bildu, Más País and BNG have supported the reform, while PP, Vox, Ciudadanos, CC, Navarra Suma, PRC and Foro have spoken out against it. JxCat and the CUP in turn chose to abstain from voting (6).
The proposed reform advocates removing the crime of sedition from the Penal Code and making it “aggravated public disturbance” with the maximum prison sentence reduced from 15 to 5 years and considering up to 8 years disqualification.
This much PSOE as United We Can They have defended the need to abolish the crime of sedition in order to adapt the Penal Code to “European standards”, and have justified the government’s commitment to dialogue and coexistence in Catalonia despite the lack of PP proposals in the autonomous community.
The initiative has again focused criticism from the right, which sees it as a “handover to the Catalan independence movement” in exchange for support for the budgets. Parliamentary spokesman for PPCuca Gamarra, has been particularly harsh, accusing the Sánchez government of making the “troublesome and fraudulent” reform proposal “dictated by (Oriol) Junqueras and tailored to the conspirators”, referring to those convicted of the “trial “.
The spokesman for CKD, Gabriel Rufián has denied that the reform is a concession to his party or to the independence movement. According to the Republican leader, it is about “making it a bit more difficult for the judge on duty (…), taking the toys away from fascist judges”.
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Source: EITB
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