Government, ERC and Junts explore technical amendments to the Amnesty Law to ensure that justice will apply it

The deadline ends this week and the three parties have committed that only amendments that have been accepted will be presented.

MADRID, 14 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The PSOE and Sumar and the independentistas of ERC and Junts are studying the option of presenting technical amendments to the Amnesty Law to reinforce that the application of the measure by the courts is guaranteed, all with the commitment that they will only be registered if They have the approval of all parties, according to what parliamentary sources informed Europa Press.

The deadline to present partial amendments initially ends next Tuesday and the Government and its Catalan partners are clear that the bill that the PSOE registered alone does not need major changes, so they only consider the possibility of technical adjustments.

One of the issues that the Government parties are studying with the Catalan groups is to introduce into the law a clear mandate for the execution of the law by the courts, to avoid interpretations that could be used to circumvent its application.

Specifically, we want to strengthen the rule technically and from a procedural point of view, with a change that guarantees that the courts must apply its content without the need for an express request in each particular case.

The idea of ​​this possible amendment would try, if formalized, to avoid any "interpretive gap" in execution, where traditionally bills are "lax" in their wording, in such an important norm. Therefore, we seek to eliminate any possible inaccuracy and not leave room for any double interpretation.

This hypothetical change, the parliamentary sources consulted insist, would in no way affect the option of raising preliminary questions within the European Union. "It is something totally independent," they emphasize.

Article 43bis of the Civil Procedure Law, which would leave the application of the amnesty to the specific case suspended if a court asked the opinion of the Justice of the European Union (CJEU), caused a clash with Junts in December when it was included in the decree law on Justice and Public Function measures and the PSOE has committed to removing it via amendment when that norm is processed as a bill, but it will not modify any of that in the Amnesty Law.

In any case, the aforementioned sources emphasize that the Government and its Catalan allies maintain the commitment that none of them will register an amendment to the Amnesty Law that is not accepted by the others, ruling out unilateral proposals to set their own profile before their electorate. That is to say, if amendments are presented, they have the signature of whoever, it is because it has already been agreed that they will prosper.

"It is an issue that requires a lot of discretion and obviously here we are all going to play one card because the idea is to move forward and approve it," commented Esquerra's deputy spokesperson, Teresa Jordà, last Thursday.

Once the amendments have been registered, the forecast is that the organic law will be debated next week in a presentation, in a closed-door meeting, and in the Justice Commission, already in a public session, and at the end of January or beginning of February it will be approved in the Plenary Session of Congress for submission to the Senate.

In the Upper House, time will stop, since the PP is willing to request reports and delay all deadlines up to the maximum of two months established by the Constitution, and as it is taken for granted that in the Senate it will be vetoed with its absolute majority. , the law will return to Congress in April for final approval and entry into force.