Deputy Secretary of the Institutional Renewal of the People’s Party, Coca Gamarra, considers that the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice of the European Union confirms that the amnesty law “violates the rule of law.”
Gamra said in statements to reporters in the halls of Congress, “The Attorney General is clear and strong when he speaks and warns against violating the principles of the rule of law in that law. This is a very dangerous matter.”
Specifically, the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice concluded that some provisions of the amnesty law for leaders of the Catalan “trial” – such as the two-month period to determine whether the rule is applicable in a case – may be incompatible with Community law. However, it excludes in its justifications that its treatment responds to a “self-pardon”, that it conflicts with EU legislation in the fight against terrorism, or that it affects the financial interests of the European Union.
“We are talking about a self-amnesty law.”
Gamarra stated that the amnesty law was “immoral” because it was the instrument “through which office was purchased” from Sánchez and that it was “used solely and exclusively with the aim of remaining in power” after “losing the elections.” “We are talking about a self-amnesty law,” he said.
In this sense, he noted that they “face not an instrument that seeks coexistence, but rather comfort,” and that “it has always been articulated as an instrument to achieve inauguration in exchange for a law that allows impunity and impunity for those who have violated our rule of law.”
Although he stressed that we should wait for the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union, he noted that the Prosecutor “re-certifies that this law may violate the rule of law” and “Article 2 of the Treaty could be triggered.” In his opinion, the Public Prosecutor also “supports” “all the measures implemented by the Spanish judicial system.”
He stressed that “Spain cannot pass laws that violate the rule of law in any field,” pointing out that “today” there is “important progress” because “the title of the press release” of the Attorney General is “serious and strong enough” in “warning against violating the rule of law with Spanish law.”
“The only valid decision here is the ruling of the European Court of Justice.”
When asked about her opinion on the Advocate General’s statement that this rule appears to have been approved in a real context of political and social reconciliation, that it does not constitute a self-pardon and that the financial interests of the European Union were not affected, Gamra stressed that it is a “report” and we must wait for the court’s ruling.
He added: “Here the only thing that matters is the ruling of the European Court of Justice,” although he insisted that the Attorney General’s report was “clear and strong” in “warning against a violation of the principles of the rule of law in that law,” which he finds “extremely serious.”
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