The reception at Royal Palace of Madrid It was one of the most inopportune events for the government. After a particularly uncomfortable week for Pedro Sánchez due to the Koldo affair, this morning, during a meeting of the president with a group of journalists, the controversial reform that will reduce sanctions prison of around forty ETA.
And it is not precisely because of the questions from the media representatives present at the reception: who made Sánchez and It made his face red. She was president of the Association of Victims of Terrorism (AVT), Maite Aralucewho reprimanded the president of the government and asked him to rectify. “It’s a shame,” he said.
The president of the AVT blame Sánchez for not responding to the letter they sent him on Thursday, in which they asked him who “do not exchange the victims of terrorism for bloodstained votes”and he does not receive them. Sánchez initially defended himself by saying that he did not have time for scheduling reasons, since on Thursday he had a new series of contacts with regional presidents and on Friday he met the Pope Francis at the Vatican and then traveled to Cyprus for a summit. of Med9 leaders.
Araluce insisted on his recriminations and asked him to correct. He reminded him that he only has one day left to reverse course and thus guarantee that the ETA prisoners will serve their sentences in full, to which Sánchez did not respond.
The Senate will face Monday debate and vote of the European law on the exchange of criminal records that could benefit ETA detainees, after the Popular Group affirmed its absolute majority to postpone the vote until the deadline.
From the PP, they made this decision after the media agitation which meant that none of his deputies and advisors noticed Sumar’s amendment which validates the sentence of ETA members that they served in another country.
Feijóo also personally asked the general manager to end this rule. “I expressly ask you to withdraw the law which cancels more than 300 years in prison to those convicted of ETA terrorism. You have five days, until the 14th of this month. If you have even a minimum of conscience left, I ask you to take advantage of it and reconsider your decision,” he asked the Congress of Deputies this week.
The opposition’s error has sparked strong criticism from victims’ associations, who describe it as “shameful” “negligence” Grupo Popular and Vox during the parliamentary process.
