All political parties, including the PP and Vox, voted in favor of the bill which adapts Spanish law to European law and by which 37 members of ETA will have their sentences reduced. Moreover, the PP not only voted in favor of the reform, but even went so far as to say that the change came “two years late”.
This Monday, we knew that 37 ETA terrorists They will see their sentences reduced by benefiting from the legal change that Congress has just made. They all served part of their sentence in France and now they will get out of prison early. Practical consequences of this bill which adapts Spanish law to European law and which says that if you have served a few years in prison outside Spain, you will no longer have to serve them again in Spain.
The truth is that the reform was passed more than two weeks ago and no one announced that it was going to happen. During this vote, unanimity was obtained in the Lower House. All political parties voted for it, including the PP and Vox. And that’s not all: the PP even declared that the change had come “two years late”.
NOW, The right has already said it was deceived. The spokesperson for the PP, Borja Sémper, announced this Monday that he would try to stop this law in the Senate by all possible means.
“The legislative process in Spain is practically adulterated. (…) Subject to tricks, to superfuges, to the furtive introduction of an amendment here… This ruse, this trap that the government has created, we are going to do everything what we can “It is in our power to reverse this situation and prevent it, whether politically or judicially. ” commented Sémper.
The PP will withdraw the reform from the Senate agenda
A few hours after learning what the reform “hid”, the PP announced that will remove the bill from the agenda of this Tuesday’s plenary session in the Senate.
However, this movement will not have much effect, since the only objective is to gain a little time, as well as to put the ball back in the government’s court.
In this way, the rule on the exchange of information on criminal records and the review of criminal judicial decisions in the European Union will be removed at the start of the Senate plenary session. In addition, they offer the Government one week to do the same before it comes into force next Monday, October 14.
According to popular sources from LaSexta, they assure that “if the government does not withdraw this text”, they will seek “any legal or parliamentary alternative that can protect this country from indecency which would lead to a reduction in the sentences of ETA terrorists by parliamentary means. tricks.” However, they privately acknowledge that no other legal option exists. In fact, they emphasize that “the PSOE is the only party capable of putting an end to this nonsense.”
