What is foreseeable is that the full Senate, with an absolute majority of the PP, will veto the law and that the text will have to return to Congress so that the PSOE and its partners can override that veto and the rule final approval.
After receiving the approval of Congress, the amnesty bill heads to the Senate, where a trial will begin that could take as long as two months. It would therefore come into force at the end of May, after which its interpretation and application will be in the hands of the judges.
What is foreseeable is that the plenary session of the Senate, with an absolute majority of the PP, will veto the law and that the text will have to return to Congress so that the PSOE and its partners can override that veto and be able to definitively approve the standard. , which was registered only by the PSOE last November and which has undergone changes in recent months to meet the demands of the ERC and the Junts.
If the deadlines are met, this will be published in the Government Gazette (BOE) under Catalan electionsbrought forward to May 12, and the European elections on June 9.
The rule will come into effect when it is published in the BOE, and at that point the two-month clock established by the law will begin counting, so that it will be applied on a “preferential and urgent” basis.
The Spanish government estimates that there will be 372 people involved in criminal proceedings who will benefit from the law, a number of people affected that Junts will triple to a thousand, adding also those sanctioned under the Citizen Security Law, who will be prosecuted. be able to reclaim the fines paid.
Any judicial, administrative or accounting body responsible for a procedure related to the process will be responsible for taking the necessary measures to implement the law, “regardless of the state of the treatment of the procedure.”
From the Supreme Court to the National Court, through the Court of Auditors, the Supreme Court of Catalonia or a large number of investigative courts in Catalan cities. Everyone must study and interpret on a case-by-case basis how the amnesty law affects ongoing proceedings.
Immediate release and lifting of any precautionary measures
The law stipulates that judges must immediately release anyone in prison and lift all applicable precautionary measures, thereby annulling national, European or international search and arrest warrants.
A scenario that would benefit the former president of the Catalan Generalitat Carles Puigdemont, who has never faced trial since he has been in Belgium since the autumn of 2017.
The law contemplates the disappearance of these precautionary measures even if the specific judicial procedure is suspended “for any reason”, such as a consultation by the judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) or at the Constitutional Court when in doubt. the suitability of the standard for Community law or the Constitution.
Resources believed to be raised by various magistrates and which would delay the application of the amnesty in the proceedings they direct.
When will Puigdemont return?
It has been the eternal question since the initiative was registered and the answer is still not clear Together we take it for granted who will be his candidate to preside over the Generalitat on May 12, something that he is expected to be confirmed next week.
However, party sources assume that there are no “guarantees” that the former president will not be arrested if he returns to Spain, but they trust that in a rule of law the law will be applied, ironically warning that there there is no room for conscientious objection in its fulfillment.
Source: EITB
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