Montserrat asks the European Commission to act against the Amnesty Law to safeguard the rule of law

The vice president of the EPP Group and spokesperson for the PP in the European Parliament, Dolors Montserratsent a letter this Wednesday to the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyento ask him to “act” before the Amnesty Lawonce it has been published this Tuesday in the Official State Gazette.

After the Government had kept it in a drawer until the European elections were held, and once the law had been published, This is when the Commission must put all its mechanisms and resources into operation. to rule on its application to those convicted and persecuted by Justice for crimes as serious as those of terrorism and embezzlement of public funds. In this sense, the GPP spokesperson in the European Parliament has transferred her confidence 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 “act accordingly to safeguard them.” Thus, Montserrat has warned the Commission that “this rule represents a frontal attack on the rule of law in Spain with which President Sánchez only seeks to erase the crimes – including those of corruption and terrorism – of other politicians in exchange for remaining in office. the power”.

“Far from the purpose of reconciliation with which it has tried to be justified and as the Venice Commission has already recognized, this law is deeply divisive and has generated deep rejection in the political class, in the institutions, in the judiciary, in the academy and in Spanish society”says Montserrat.

The ‘popular’ spokesperson in the European Parliament has reminded the Commission that “This law has no place either in Spanish legislation or in the Constitution, something that the Government of Spain itself defended before needing the votes of those who wrote this amnesty and are today the beneficiaries of it”.

The Amnesty Law has received a unanimous questioning of the judicial world for its clear and evident unconstitutionality. Thus, in addition to the criticism of the Venice Commission – advisory body of the Council of Europe -, those of the lawyers of the Senate have been added who warned of up to 16 blemishes of unconstitutionality in the text, as well as those of the Justice Commission of Congress, who criticized its illegality. The General Council of the Judiciary has also joined these criticisms, in addition to the majority of the associations of judges and prosecutors.