The reactions were not long in coming after the rejection of amnesty for the crime of embezzlement. The president of parliament described it as “a new disgrace for the Spanish judicial leadership” and accused the judges of playing politics.
The former president of the Generalitat Carlos Puigdemont has compared the judges to the mafia, in a note in X in which he stated: “The Toga Nostra“. This was his reaction, in an allusion to the Sicilian mafia, after learning that the Supreme Court rejected amnesty for the crime of embezzlement that is attributed to him and the former council members Toni Comin And Luis Puig.
Joseph RullPresident of Parliament, has described as “new disgrace for the Spanish judicial leadership“that the Supreme Court refuses to grant amnesty for the embezzlement of the ‘processes’. In a note on the rights of the deputies in parliament, including the right to vote and to vote in favor”, he concluded.
For his part, Rachel Sansspokesperson for ERC, called “lack of respect for democracy” the rejection of the Supreme Court. “We believe that it is a lack of respect for democracy, for the separation of powers, for citizens in general, but we were very aware that it would be a practice that we would encounter,” said Sans. assured moments after you know the judicial decision.
Sans has emphasized that the rejection of the amnesty is not a surprise, and has accused the judges of “doing politics and not dispensing justiceThe spokesperson added that the amnesty law was democratically approved and that the judges “will ultimately have to apply it.”
Of the PSOE have shown their respect for the judicial decisions, although they have indicated that they do not agree with the arguments of the decision agreed upon by the Supreme Court, which they also criticize for the ‘political considerations’ that it has made, in their opinion’ surprising and unnecessary’. for jurisdictional work.” entrusted to them. The Socialists point out that “it is on the political and not on the legal level where it is appropriate to express an opinion on the laws, the pacts between different political forces and the parliamentary processing of the standards.”
“The judges apply the laws in accordance with the Spanish legal system and in accordance with the European legal system, not based on the interests and interpretations that Pedro Sánchez wants to guarantee to his government and to be able to fulfill his obligations with the independence supporters and with his government partners,” said Cuca Gamarrageneral secretary of the PP.
For his part, Ernest Urtasun, spokesperson for Sumar, has demanded that justice uphold “the will of the legislature” and that the law be applied in its entirety. He is also convinced that this resolution will not affect the stability of the legislature.
Source: EITB
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