Citizens do not believe that the PP was surprised by the sedition reform in the middle of the CGPJ negotiation: It is a "pantomime"

Considers bipartisanship as the "problem" of Spain, which defends "demagogic" positions instead of undertaking reforms

MADRID, 31 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The deputy secretary general of Ciudadanos, Edmundo Bal, assured this Monday that it is not believed that the PP has been "caught by surprise" by a possible reform of the crime of sedition in full negotiation with the PSOE to unlock the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), conversations that he has described as "pantomime" and "little theater".

The PP suspended negotiations with the PSOE on Thursday, after offering the president, Pedro Sánchez, "to address together any reform" of the Penal Code, among which it has included those that affect the crimes of rebellion and sedition, as well as the definition of the crime of calling an illegal referendum. The PSOE, for its part, criticizes what it understands as a new "excuse" from the 'popular' for not agreeing to renew the CGPJ, which has been in office for more than four years.

"Something that I can only describe as theater," Bal told the media, criticizing that "the PP comes pretending to be offended because they are going to reform the sedition" and "they throw their hands in their heads."

"I don't know whether to say that the PP are scumbags, I can't believe that they were caught by surprise," he continued, before wondering if Alberto Núñez Feijóo's "have carried out the entire procedure knowing that they were going to break off the negotiations."

Thus, he has insisted that the negotiations to reform the Judiciary "are a marketing to distribute armchairs among friends and control Justice from the back door." For this reason, he has once again asked that the judges be the ones who choose the judges, recalling that this is an extreme that the PP has not reformed during the years in which it has occupied La Moncloa. "A little theater to pretend that they are negotiating, but both want the system not to change in order to distribute the positions", he added.

For the also deputy spokesman for Citizens in Congress, "the problem in this country is bipartisanship", which "avoids the courageous reforms that Spain needs". At this point he has alluded to the 'orange' crusade against the generalized revaluation of pensions foreseen in the General State Budgets (PGE) of 2023.

"As they alternate, they do not want to anger the voting niche of pensioners, but rather with demagogic postures they are going to ruin our country," said Bal, who wondered what items the amount destined to pay for this revaluation could go to, 19,000 millions of euros. "Birth rate policies, housing, youth employment, depopulation," he assured.

In this context, he recalled that Ciudadanos has presented more than 400 partial amendments to the PGE 2023, while the parliamentary partners "try to delve into the inequality of the Spanish". For example, he has mentioned one to promote the high educational inspection to end the differences between the different autonomous communities, an item endowed with one hundred million to help families of patients with ALS or more budget for the Suicide Prevention Plan.