Today the Senate approves the institutional conflict with Congress over the Amnesty Law, promoted by the PP

Congress has until May 11 to respond to this request, one day before the Catalan elections

MADRID, 9 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Senate Plenary this Wednesday will approve an initiative promoted by the PP in which for the first time in democracy a conflict between constitutional bodies in Congress arises over the proposed amnesty law, since they ask the Lower House to withdraw it understanding that "it is a hidden Constitutional reform."

Those of Alberto Núñez Feijóo have asserted their absolute majority in the Senate to raise this conflict of powers with Congress as a result of the proposed amnesty law, something unprecedented since the approval of the Spanish Constitution in 1978.

Specifically, the PP accepts the report of the Senate lawyers in which it charges against the processing of the amnesty law in Congress and denounces that it is a "disguised reform of the Constitution." The 'popular' refer to this point to formally demand that Congress withdraw the rule.

"The Popular Group proposes to the Plenary Session of the Chamber that it approve formally requesting the Congress of Deputies to proceed with the withdrawal of the Proposal for an Organic Law on amnesty, understanding that its processing causes a conflict of powers with the Senate as it is a covert constitutional reform," reads the text that the Senate will send to Congress.

Following its approval this Wednesday in the Senate, this unprecedented conflict of powers between the two Chambers will reach the Congress of Deputies on Thursday, April 11, which has a maximum response period of 30 days.

In this way, the institution chaired by Francina Armengol will have until May 11, one day before the Catalan elections, to respond. If you do not do so or your answer is negative, the next step would be to take the conflict of jurisdiction to the Constitutional Court. This does not delay the processing or paralyze it, unless very precautionary measures are requested.

The first vice president of Congress, the socialist Alfonso Rodríguez Gómez de Celis, already referred to this fact and recalled that the Lower House has no obligation to address the institutional conflict that the Senate intends to raise over the Amnesty law: "The Senate may say Mass, and we can hear it or not."

Of course, Gómez de Celis did not anticipate what Congress's response will be, referring to the initiative presented by the PP in the Upper House and its approval: "We'll see," he simply said. Unlike the Senate, in the Lower House the majority of the Board is held by PSOE and Sumar.