In a joint statement, the three groups pointed out that they had agreed on a transactional amendment based on the amendments that were still alive, but they did not explain its content or whether terrorist crimes would ultimately fall under the umbrella of the amnesty.
The PSOE, ERC and Junts have concluded one agree to pass the amnesty law, the EFE agency said. In this way, the rule applies to “all people involved in the independence process” and is “fully consistent with the Constitution, European law and case law and the best European and international standards.”
In a joint statementthe three groups indicate that they have agreed on a transactional amendment based on the amendments that were still alive, but do not explain its content and whether terrorist crimes will finally fall under the umbrella of the amnesty.
According to them, the details of the agreement, which was concluded “taking into account the guidelines of constitutional, European and international law, as well as the preliminary report of the Venice Commission“, will be announced next Thursday before the Commission meeting of the Justice of Congress, who must approve the opinion of the law.
The rule will go like this is expected to take place in plenary next week before being sent to the Senate, where it will no longer be dealt with under the emergency procedure, allowing the PP to delay its approval until maximum two months.
PSOE, ERC and Junts emphasize that they have reached an agreement after days of joint work, but they do not reveal the main unknown: which crimes will be excluded from the amnesty.
All eyes are on the situation of the former president of the Generalitat Carlos Puigdemontafter the Supreme Court decided last week to open a criminal case against him over his alleged leadership of the organization Democratic tsunami and will consider that “the facts fit a terrorist crime“.
So, almost four months after the inauguration of Pedro Sánchez as President of the Spanish Government, the text of the amnesty law has finally been closed by the PSOE, Junts and ERC, giving the leader of the Socialists the key not only to the budgets, but also to legislative progress.
The discretion and silence with which the negotiations have been conducted since the PSOE presented the last one November 13 the proposal for an amnesty law ended with an agreement against the limit, less than 24 hours before the deadline and after Junts will activate the emergency brake on January 30 And will drop the rule in the plenary session of Congress as it did not include everyone involved in the ‘processes’.
The law, processed through the emergency procedure, was thus given a pause, including an extension, to continue negotiations, with the Junts demonstrating its strength.
The Secretary of the Organization of the PSOE, Santos Cerdanhas celebrated the beginning of “a new phase” with the agreement reached with the Junts and the ERC on the amnesty, which will be “brave, constitutional and guaranteeing” and will leave behind “the worst crisis of our democracy”.
On the contrary, the PP’s Deputy Secretary of Institutional Action, Esteban González Ponshas asked Europe for “help” and assured that the rule of law in Spain is “in danger”.
Source: EITB
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