Neither of the two ministers sent by the parliamentarians had arrived before Council of Europe To assess the health of Spanish democracy, they were able to find space in their agenda to receive them neither this Wednesday nor this Thursday. Titles … From the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, Félix Bolaños, and the Interior, Fernando Grande Marlaska, claimed problems with scheduling and placed technicians from their positions at the disposal of parliamentarians Valentina Grippo – Italian and Liberal – and Elvira Kovacs – Serbian and European People’s Party.
The usual thing in these Council of Europe missions is for the delegation to receive the ministers of the country it is visiting, according to sources in the institution. The government, for its part, claims that the request for interviews arrived only ten days ago and, therefore, “There is no wiggle room for modification Agendas that were already full.
Bolaños’ lack of time is what has bothered him most since then There are only two jobs On his agenda yesterday: chairing the meeting of the General Committee of Foreign Ministers and Undersecretaries that began at 9:30 a.m. and attending the 31st Pelayo Award Ceremony at 7:00 p.m. Grippo and Kovacs were appointed to the Ministry of the Presidency at 4:00 p.m., when nothing appeared on the minister’s agenda.
Sources from this portfolio confirm the impossibility of attending the Council of Europe: “The minister’s agenda did not allow for the meeting to be held due to parliamentary and international obligations (OECD event). In addition, they were received from our Ministry by two senior officials: the Secretary General of Justice and the Director General of Constitutional Affairs.
As for Grand Marlaska, the Council of Europe delegation headed to the Ministry of the Interior at 9:00 a.m., and although the Minister of the Interior’s agenda was busy this Thursday, it did not begin until 10:00 a.m. with the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Central Special Security Unit of the National Police. Then, at twelve o’clock in the afternoon, he presided over the inauguration of the new members of the National Police Board of Directors and then left for Portugal. His agenda was clearer on Wednesdaywhen the Council of Europe mission began its round of interviews and Grande-Marlaska’s agenda shows only that he attended the plenary session of Congress and answered a question and interrogation in the observation session.
In their meeting with the Ministry of the Interior, Grippo and Kovacs met with technicians from the General Directorate of International Relations, the Minister of State for Security Affairs and the Undersecretary. Sources from this portfolio confirm this All needs and questions raised by the delegation were responded to. The two European parliamentarians left yesterday afternoon for Barcelona after completing the round of interviews in Madrid. The most important meetings they held during these two days were with the President of the People’s Party, Alberto Nunez Figo; Constitutional Court (TC), Candido Count Pompidou; Isabelle, President of the General Council of the Judiciary and the Supreme Court Perillo.
Each of these interviews lasted between 40 minutes and an hour and focused on different areas. According to several sources, the parliamentarians asked questions and “mainly” listened to their interlocutors. On Wednesday, Figo expressed his concern about the deterioration of Spanish democracy, emphasizing in particular in the area of justice and what it means that the state prosecutor, Álvaro García Ortiz, is sitting on the bench, and that the government is questioning and attacking judges. The People’s Party leader also explained the measures he is trying to take Pushing towards strengthening the independence of the judiciaryAs a model for them, it is the judges who select the members of the CGPJ.
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With Candido Conde Pompidou, the envoys of the Council of Europe became very interested in everything related to the Catalan “process”. he Constitutional President He explained to them the actions of this court from the moment the Catalan Parliament began issuing decisions to cut off communication. The European Parliamentarians were also interested in the amnesty, and Condé Pompidou explained to them that the Transitional Committee had ruled, from the point of view of abstract constitutional control, that the amnesty law violated the Constitution only on certain points.
As for Perello, his interview with Grippo and Kovacs focused on the new electoral model of the CGPJ and the conclusions of the Venice Commission regarding the necessity of judges themselves electing members of the administrative body of judges.
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