The government agreed with Bildu on when and how to announce the agreement on the reform of the Citizen Security Law, known as gag lawaccording to Executive and party sources abertzale.
Indeed, one of the deputies who spoke during the press conference at the Congress of Deputies, Jon Inarrituhad attended the inauguration of the new president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumand I had to rush back to get there on time for the presentation.
Negotiations have been open for several months and have always been met with a refusal to give in from the Interior on the use of rubber bullets and the elimination of hot deliveries. It was developed between Bildu deputies and senior technical officials of the government, without direct participation from the Ministry of the Interior, which until now blocked the agreement.
In recent weeks, after the presentation to the Council of Ministers of the democratic regeneration plan which contained this measure, the government informed Bildu of the possibility of concluding the agreement on the basis of two commitments: “gradually” eliminating bullets in rubber and reform the immigration system. Law concerning hot deliveries.
Government sources explain that it was necessary to give impetus to the project and eliminate the feeling of impossibility of implementing future legal reforms contained in it. In this case, they had the guarantee that during the parliamentary process of the previous legislature there was already a solid bloc in favor of reform, with very concrete differences with the government.
Ertzaintza and Mossos
This is why they have now accelerated the announcement of the agreement and agreed that it should be Bildu who announces it, just on the eve of the start of the agreement. Budget negotiation. The PNV assured that the pact is based on its proposal and ERC supported it.
La Moncloa has already transmitted to Bildu the announcement of the agreement on the historical memory pact, that of the increase in non-contributory pensions and, before that, the commitment to repeal Mariano Rajoy’s labor reform.
Junts supported the commission’s presentation at the time and disagreed with the government on the issues agreed now, which is why the PSOE and Bildu take it for granted that Puigdemont will allow the reform to be approved.
There remains the Podemos fringe, which considers the future commitment to apply the two measures insufficient. In this case, the rest of the parties understand that those of Ione Belarra He cannot afford to block, with PP and Vox, such an emblematic measure for the left.
Government sources explain that the agreed text does not weaken the actions of state security forces. Actually, Ertzaintza and Mossos They have been banned from using rubber bullets for years, without any public order problems arising.
And regarding hot deliveries of migrants to the borders of Ceuta and Melilla, there is already jurisprudence that limits them, but at the same time opens intermediate routes that could be included in the future in immigration law.
