PSOE, PP, Vox and Cs reject espionage inquiry

Euskaraz irakurri: PSOEk, PPk, Voxek eta Cs-ek uko egin diote espioitzari buruzko ikerketa batzordea eratzeari

PSOE, PP, Vox and citizens They have rejected in Congress’ Council of Spokespersons the establishment of a commission of inquiry into alleged espionage of politicians through the “Pegasus” program, as requested by United We Can and the government’s parliamentary partners.

However, at the same meeting, at the request of the independence parties, along with Más País and Compromís, it was voted to have the Prime Minister appear in Congress plenary on the espionage case, and although in this case the PSOE and United We Can have have voted, they have not been able to escape the appeal of Sánchez, who is supported by the PP. We have to wait for a date, but the PSOE insists it is better to wait for the promised explanation from the CNI and Defense.

After the rejection, Pablo Echeniquehas indicated that they wrongly reject this commission, which was initially registered to clear up the alleged espionage of more than 60 pro-independence and nationalist politicians between Catalans and Basques.

EH Bildu spokesman in Congress, Mertxe aizpuruahas asked the Sanchez administration not to “shift responsibility” or “throw the balls away” to investigate political espionage through all possible channels, including a public commission of inquiry in the House.

In a press conference, EH Bildu’s spokeswoman said that if political espionage is involved without judicial authorization, the Spanish government is “responsible by act or omission for failing to control the state’s sewers”.

This is how Pegasus works, the spy program that infected Independentistas’ cell phones

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— EH Bildu (@ehbildu) May 3, 2022

For its part, the PNV spokesperson, Aitor Esteban, has warned that the attack on Sánchez and Robles’ cellphones does not “tarnish or conceal” the need to clarify independence espionage through a commission of inquiry.

“One cannot obscure the other and everything must be investigated,” Esteban insisted at a congressional press conference, where he warned socialists that they would be “absolutely wrong” to reject the commission of inquiry, because it is this body and not the commission. of reserved expenses, behind closed doors, is what is “necessary because trust has been absolutely broken”.

The ERC spokesperson, Gabriel villainhas warned again that the espionage case is a “capital size scandal” that “may be sued by lawmakers”.

Rufián has assured the coalition government has “zero credibility” and that its statements are “pathetic”, since the espionage of pro-independence politicians was denied five days ago with “Pegasus” and now “they are going from alleged culprits to victims”.

“They are not aware of the ramifications of that vote, this is not being covered up and the legislator can be sued – he has insisted -. It is not a threat or warning, it is pure information, there is no discussion about it. .”

I [VÍDEO] @gabrielrufian: “”The statements were downright pathetic. They wanted to go from alleged perpetrators to victims. In any full democracy, the position of the intelligence chief and its director would be “untenable”. pic.twitter.com/pbrXf1sxD3

— Republican Left (@Esquerra_ERC) May 3, 2022