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The PP has claimed victory after accepting the TC the very cautious against the amendments ‘put to capon’ by PSOE and Podemos to change the majorities necessary to elect magistrates to the Constitutional Court, but from Genoa they know that they have only won a battle, and not the war. The popular ones are already preparing for the new bill ‘cooked’ from Moncloa, and warn that if the text is the same as the one lying down this week, they will denounce it in Europe.
This is confirmed to Vozpópuli by senior national officials of the party, who were not at all surprised by Sánchez’s announcement last Tuesday: “They have a roadmap and they want to comply with it despite having altered their calendar. Now we win on procedure, but the next battle will be on the merits of the matter.”
For the popular, the fact of changing the majorities necessary for the CGPJ to appoint magistrates to the Constitutional Court without the need to reach a three-fifths agreement, is “illegal” and, therefore, “if now the PSOE copies the amendments knocked down by the TC, and maintains the same text as that of those amendments, we will go to Brussels“.
a different procedure
The sources consulted recall that the PP filed an appeal before the Constitutional when considering that the amendments introduced by PSOE and Unidas Podemos were “unlawful”, having no connection with the reform of the Penal Code to reduce embezzlement. The argument of the popular was admitted by the TC, which paralyzed the processing of those initiatives included in the bill.
Now, however, the situation is different: “What we have achieved is that the maneuver to change the majorities in the CGPJ does not go headlong into a bill on the Penal Codebut through another bill of its own that will be debated next January”.
The nuance is important and totally changes the procedure: not only for the Government, but also for the PP. From the Feióo team they recognize that “The procedure is legal” and, therefore, the party will focus on the content of the new bill.
The precedent of the CGPJ
The popular ones remember that a year ago the PSOE and Podemos came to register a bill to reduce from three fifths to a simple majority in Congress the necessary majority for the Lower House to designate members of the CGPJ.
The same sources point out that It was the PP that denounced this maneuver to Europe and that, after the popular alert message to the EU, and the opposite reaction of the Justice Commissioner, Didier Reynders, they were forced to withdraw it.
From the Feijóo team they emphasize that the own reynders and other high officials of the Commission warned that the executive power could not condition the judiciary through a change of majorities in the legislature.
After that wake-up call, they maintain from the PP, “Sánchez picked up cable” and PSOE and Podemos withdrew the bill. With this attention still very present, the popular will take the matter to Europe if the parties that support the Government continue with their parliamentary initiative and keep the text of the amendments that were rejected by the Constitutional as is.
The ‘stick’ of Reynders to Sánchez
In the PP they also highlight that Sánchez “is playing with fire in Europe” because from Brussels he has already received, this week, a ‘stick’ from the commissioner Didier Reynders.
Thus, the head of Justice in the community government body supported the Constitutional Court after its ruling against the Government’s amendments and issued a harsh warning to the Executive: “Depth reforms require prior consultations.”
From Genoa, therefore, they believe that Brussels is not going to ‘swallow’ a new maneuver by Sánchez and, therefore, “if the new bill is the same as the paralyzed amendments, we will go to Europe to seek support”.
