The TC plenary has agreed to urgently suspend parliamentary consideration, already in the Senate, of the two amendments amending the system of election and arrival of the two candidates nominated by the CGPJ, CGPJ requested precautions are recognized the PP.
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The plenary session of the Constitutional Court (TC) agreed this Monday to continue the parliamentary consideration, already in the Senate, of the two amendments thereby amending the system of election and arrival of the two candidates for the TC appointed by the General Council for the Judiciary (CGPJ), thus recognizing the very precautions requested by the PP in its appeal against said amendments, according to the legal sources consulted by Europa Press.
For example, the magistrates have understood that the course of the parliamentary procedure is causing damage, which is difficult to repair, to the rights of the ‘popular’ legislators, who invoke Article 23 of the Constitution, which enshrines the right to political participation of citizens through their representatives.
It is the first time, in its more than 40-year historythat the constitutional order urgently suspends a parliamentary debate in the Cortes Generales, so it is an unprecedented decision.
The Guarantee Court takes this step after said amendments were approved last Thursday in the Congress of Deputies under the bill to abolish the crime of sedition.
Although these amendments had already passed parliamentary consideration in the House of Representatives, there was still the Senate, where it was expected that they would also be approved next Thursday.
Now the Minister of Justice of the plenary meeting, Alfonso Pérez Camino, will personally have to hand over the decision adopted by the TC to the Upper House, according to the sources mentioned above.
The eleven magistrates started their internal conclave at 10 a.m., but the substantive decisions will not come until 7:30 p.m., when they have agreed recognize the PP’s appeal for treatment; also accept the representation requested by United We Can (UP) and PSOE; and to reject the challenges of the governing parties against the president of the TC, Pedro González-Trevijano, and magistrate Antonio Narváez.
The legal sources indicate that the ‘popular’ appeal was accepted by 6 votes — that of the conservative majority — against 5 — that of the progressive minority –; the same result that decided that it was not the appropriate procedural time to address the challenges formulated by the ‘purples’ and the socialists.
The chairman of the House of Representatives of United we can in Congress, Jaume Asens has described the Constitutional Court’s decision as an “accomplished coup”.
On the contrary, the leader of citizensInés Arrimadas, applauds the constitutional decision: “Democracy wins, Sánchez loses”.
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Source: EITB
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