The Diplomat
The head of the PP list for the European elections, Dolors Monserrat, has sent a letter to the president of the European Commission and EPP candidate for reelection, Ursula von der Leyen, in which she requests that that institution act against the law of amnesty, once it has come into force.
Monserrat assures, in the letter, that the amnesty law “represents a frontal attack on the rule of law in Spain” with which the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez – he says – “only seeks to erase crimes (including those of corruption or terrorism). ) to other politicians in exchange for remaining in power.
In the text, provided to the media, the PP spokesperson in the European Parliament denies that the amnesty aims at reconciliation and maintains that on the contrary it is “deeply divisive and has generated deep rejection in the political class, in the institutions, in the judiciary, in academia and in Spanish society” pointing out that this was recognized by the Venice Commission.
Furthermore, Monserrat tells Von der Leyen that the amnesty “has no place either in Spanish legislation or in the Constitution” and recalls that the Government of Spain defended the same thing “before needing the votes of those who wrote this amnesty and are today the beneficiaries of it.
“We hope – the letter concludes – that the European Commission understands the seriousness of the situation and the implications of this attack on the principles of the rule of law, not only in Spain but throughout the European Union and acts accordingly to safeguard them.”
The PP is waiting for preliminary questions to be presented to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that paralyze the application of the law.
Meanwhile, the legal services of the party headed by Alberto Núñez Feijóo are working on the appeal to the law that he will present before the Constitutional Court. They have also announced that the eleven autonomies chaired by the Popular Party will present appeals.
