EH Bildu defends the amnesty as “necessary and fair” and the PNV as an “opportunity”

The deputy of EH Bildu Jon Inarritu He has defined the amnesty as “necessary, fair and very bold” and is convinced that it will serve to “unravel” the Catalan conflict and help resolve “the integration or withdrawal” of Catalonia into the Spanish state. “It puts an end to injustice, opens the way for dialogue and negotiation and thus the democratization of the state will be more recognized,” he said.

In the debate on the consideration of the proposal for an amnesty law, the coalition delegate recalled that in the past 25 years, “10,600 people” have been pardoned, including those convicted of corruption, torture, state terrorism or the 23F coup.

“This law is positive, just like the pardon, because it puts an end to injustice. Moreover, it opens the way for dialogue and negotiation,” he added.

To those who oppose this law, he has told them that their position is “legitimate” but that “the arguments still need some more work” because “there is no party that loves pardons more” than the PP .

Likewise, he urged us to consider the use of measures against the independence movement, such as Article 155 in Catalonia or the “brutal police repression” of October 1, 2017.

For his part, the PNV representative Mikel Legarda has defended the measure as a “legal institution that fits abstractly into the Constitution”, since, as he recalled, Article 62 only contains a ban on pardons, which concerns the “general pardon”, and has emphasized that this figure is endorsed by the Constitutional Court itself.

Furthermore, he has denied that the bill conflicts with other principles such as equality, the rule of law or the separation of powers, and has pointed out that while it can be rejected on political grounds, his training supports it because he believes is that it will help live together..

Deputy Jeltzale has defended the “opportunity” and “convenience” of the law, which in his opinion should not be analyzed from the perspective of “political merchandise”, but rather as a “long-term political operation” that promotes coexistence. closes a traumatic political cycle.

Legarda has urged to move away from the “inflated rhetoric of humiliation and resentment” over the amnesty law that has “replaced arguments with exaggerations that do not help to think in terms of democratic rationality.”

The PSOE spokesperson in Congress, Patxi Lopezhas ensured that the amnesty is “much more transparent and democratic” than a pardon, because the latter measure is born “as a gracious concession from the government” and the former takes place “through an open debate with lights and stenographers” between parliamentarians.

The Socialist spokesperson has defended this instrument as an “exceptional” but constitutional step to “continue” towards “unity” in Catalonia and has assured that all Socialist deputies are in favor despite the PP’s attempts to dismiss them. to paint in the question to vote. appeal.

The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijoohas assured that the amnesty law is a “national disgrace” and an “international disgrace” and compared this afternoon’s plenary session to the 1981 coup. Feijóo has specifically stated that Congress is “a sad” and “sad” decadent” Chamber In fact, he has declared that this is the “saddest and most decadent” plenary meeting since that afternoon of February 23, 1981, because this rule undermines Spain’s “dignity” as a nation.

That said, he has threatened to set up a commission of inquiry to “find out everything” about the negotiations that took place with the independents outside Spain, with an international mediator.