Bendodo says that Sánchez "never wanted to agree with the PP" the CGPJ and warns that changing the majorities would be "nonsense"

He assures that the Government "has acted in bad faith" in the negotiation and sees the sedition reform as an "outrage"

MADRID, 3 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The general coordinator of the PP, Elías Bendodo, has assured this Thursday that the Government of Pedro Sánchez "never wanted to agree with the PP" the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) and has stressed that, apart from the "internal division" within the Executive itself on that agreement, its partners did not "bear" that "photo" with the PP either. That said, he has warned that changing the majority system to elect its members would be "nonsense" and cross a new "red line" to continue in Moncloa.

In an interview on Antena 3, which was picked up by Europa Press, Bendodo pointed out that if the Government confirms "in writing" that it has no intention of reforming the crime of sedition, which is "a great offense", the negotiations of the Judiciary will be they can resume this afternoon "without any doubt".

The 'number three' of the PP has affirmed that the reform of the crime of sedition is "an outrage". "We could define it as the biggest outrage in the democratic history of our country. You want to negotiate the reduction of the sentence in the crime of sedition with those who have committed that crime. This does not occur to anyone," he exclaimed.

In his opinion, this type of action shows that the Prime Minister "is naked" and "nobody" tells him so. "Someone should tell him that he is naked because he is making decisions that people will not understand or accept if he makes them," he said, also alluding to his pacts with ERC and Bildu in the Democratic Memory Law, parties that "Spain give a damn" or wanted to "break it".

After the general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, publicly affirmed a week ago that the sedition and the CGPJ were going their separate ways, Bendodo pointed out that then the government negotiator, Minister Félix Bolaños, told them that this reform of the sedition "was not on the table" and they "trusted" him. However, he has said that the head of the Presidency was "unauthorized" and "negotiations broke down."

"It is clear that the Government has acted in bad faith here. And there has been an internal division because there has been a will on the part of the Government to reach an agreement with the PP, which was very advanced; and another part of the Government that was affected , the part that is made up of judges, who did not like the reform agreed with the PP", he explained.

When asked about Sánchez's statements these weeks confirming his commitment to reform the crime of sedition, Bendodo has indicated that the chief executive "is getting into the habit of lying without disheveled" because, as he recalled, he also said last Thursday for the morning from Africa that the pact with the PP was closed and "it was not true", given that "fringes" remained.

After assuring that the Government "never" wanted to agree with the PP on this judicial reform, he has assured that the most important asset of a politician is the word and Pedro Sánchez "lacked" it. "The Government never had the intention of reaching an agreement with the PP. Firstly because its partners prevent it because they cannot bear a photo with the PP. And then, within the Government there was a division," he declared.

The general coordinator of the PP has rejected that Alberto Núñez Feijóo has allowed himself to be influenced by pressure because "he listens to everyone and asks for opinions" but "he makes his own decisions." As he added, he spoke with regional presidents and party officials but made "his own decision" about him because he is a politician "with experience and criteria."

Faced with the possibility that the Government may consider changing the majorities to elect the members of the CGPJ, going from three-fifths to an absolute majority, Bendodo has warned that this would be "overcoming another red line." "How many red lines do you have to cross to stay in La Moncloa for a few more months?" He asked.

In this sense, he stressed that changing the majorities now "would be another nonsense." "And if he is going to appoint the two members of the Government for the Constitutional Court, we are going to see what profiles they are also and that there are no concessions to the independence movement. We will be very attentive," he said.

The general coordinator of the PP has stressed that the Spanish "do not understand" that the Prime Minister "goes over so many red lines" to be able to approve General State Budgets (PGE) and that "so many concessions" are made for "staying a few more months in Moncloa".

For his part, the PP Deputy Secretary of Economy, Juan Bravo, has indicated that his party proposes a pact for Justice to "provide it with the necessary instruments" and has stressed that the Popular Party "has not moved since April of the same position".

"The one who has to show the firm will or not to understand that this is what he wants for the Judiciary has to be the Government," Bravo declared in an interview on TVE, which has been collected by Europa Press.