It cannot be said that it is surprising that the Supreme Court refuses to apply amnesty to the leaders of the process. The only doubt that existed from the beginning was what arguments would be used to avoid compliance with the law approved by Congress. No battle like this illustrates the open war between the highest judicial authority and the legislative power (and not the majority of Catalan judges, who simply applied the amnesty).
“The rule of law can only be guaranteed once the published legal text is subject to a verified judicial interpretation in accordance with the hermeneutical guidelines which define the canon of rationality imposed by the constitutional duty of motivation”, affirms the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court. , chaired by Manuel Marchena in the document known this week.
