Spokesman for the bishops on Amnesty: "If we do not respect the rule of law, the alternative is tyranny"

Given the PSOE-Bildu pact in Pamplona, ​​he points out that "the victims of terrorism deserve the same respect as those of abuse"

   MADRID, 26 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The secretary general of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE), Francisco César García Magán, has stated, asked for his opinion on the Government's Amnesty law for those involved in the independence process in exchange for the Junts seats so that Pedro Sánchez is president, that if "the rule of law is not respected, the alternative is tyranny, whether from the right or the left.

"If we do not respect the rule of law, the alternative to the rule of law, to the rule of law, is tyranny, whether from the right or the left," said García Magán in an interview with Europa Press.

He also stressed that we must "scrupulously respect the autonomy of the judiciary and the freedom of judges, because it is one of the fundamental principles of democracy."

"When there are powers that invade the powers of another power, the democratic edifice falters and there is the risk of falling into autocracy," García Magán stated.

Thus, he has advocated the "separation of powers" and has warned that "in countries where judges lose that freedom", "sociopolitical experiments" are observed.

Furthermore, the general secretary of the bishops has referred to a statement from the Episcopal Conference in which the prelates called for "a social dialogue, to avoid inflexible and exclusive positions" and in which they said that "everything had to be done within the "respect for the laws and legal order of the State."

Regarding whether he is specifically concerned that the Government has changed its mind on this matter, going from saying that the amnesty was unconstitutional to the opposite, García Magán has specified that "the Government says what it says" and "citizens have the right to have their opinion and have the right to draw their conclusions.

On the other hand, asked if the Episcopal Conference sees ethical objections to the PSOE supporting the EH Bildu candidate for mayor of Pamplona, ​​García Magán has assured that the victims of terrorism deserve "the same respect" as the victims of sexual abuse.

"The victims of terrorism are not a number, they are cases with names and surnames, and these victims of terrorism deserve the same respect as the victims of sexual abuse," García Magán stressed.

The general secretary of the bishops has said that "we will have to see what the commitments of the government party were and now that change in position."

In his opinion, "institutions have to seek the common good, integration" and on this issue, as he has warned, "there are still many open wounds from a still relatively recent past."

Precisely, he recalled that last week we commemorated "the anniversary of a victim of ETA terrorism, who was the president of the government at the time, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco" and asked to be "very careful with people's pain." and the pain of society".

Regarding the conversations between the Church and the Government on tax matters, García Magán has pointed out that, after the agreement reached this year by which the Church renounced the exemption from the Tax on Constructions, Installations and Works (ICIO), "the The fiscal regime of the Church is equivalent to non-profit entities, NGOs, institutions, sports federations, party foundations. "We are at the same level," he said.

Furthermore, he added that on the issue of the IBI they are also "protected in that area" because, as he has warned, if "a tax were imposed only for the Church" and not for the other areas, it would fall into "a principle of exclusion from the Church, of discrimination".

In this sense, the general secretary of the bishops has not shown concern about the fact that the PSOE coalition government with Sumar could affect the Church. "It is enough to look through the newspaper library, when a party, before reaching the Government, in the electoral campaign, and in the forecasts, has often made a flag or has spoken about certain issues, then arriving at the Government, what was said in the electoral campaign, then de facto it has not been done," he stated.

On the other hand, asked about a recent ruling by the European Union justice that supports that a public administration can prohibit its employees from the visible use of religious symbols, García Magán has defended the "fundamental right of religious freedom" and has pointed out that This "is not limited only to the fact that one in the Church, in the Mosque or in the Synagogue can go on Sunday, Friday or Saturday, as the case may be, to pray and go peacefully and not be stopped at the entrance or the exit" but also guarantees "the right to be in the public square.

In this sense, the bishop has insisted on the right to "the presence of religious signs", to "make a Holy Week procession or go on a pilgrimage to a sanctuary of the Virgin, just as other social groups have the right to demonstrate, to express themselves in public roads" as long as public order is complied with.

Along these lines, asked about praying the rosary in Ferraz, in front of the PSOE headquarters, the bishop stressed that "one not only has the right to pray here, at home or in the Church, but, of course, peacefully and without attack anyone and without anyone attacking you, you have the right to pray also in the public square, with respect for administrative regulations.

On the other hand, the secretary general of the Episcopal Conference has shown his concern about the appearance of anti-Semitic graffiti as a result of the war between Israel and Hamas. "I am concerned, now, as a result of the sad situation we have in the Holy Land, because graffiti has appeared in synagogues, or in shops, or in homes where people who are of the Jewish religion live. Because this, and precisely in Europe, "It is very serious and it means bringing out ghosts and scarecrows from the past that we have to always keep buried," he concluded.