Congressional lawyers advise "refining" and "clarifying" the reform of the 'gag law' to put "logic"

MADRID, 16 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The lawyers of the Congress have asked the speakers in charge of the reform of the Citizen Security Law, known as the 'gag law', to "refine" and "perfect" the wording of the agreements reached within the presentation to "clarify" certain concepts and print "logic" to the entire text.

They do so in a "technical observations note" that they have sent to all those who have participated in this process, a letter in which they include their suggestions to "fix" the report that will have to be submitted to the Interior Commission so that the reform can follow its course in Congress.

In the letter, to which Europa Press has had access, the lawyers encourage the speakers to pronounce on the suggestions that they make about the writing of various articles. Among other things, they warn that, once the text passes through the commission, the explanatory statement of the proposed law will have to be updated to harmonize it with the rest of the norm.

They also warn that the terms 'Security Forces and Bodies' and 'State Security Forces and Bodies' are used interchangeably when, they warn, "in no case are they equivalent" and the use of one or the other "determines their subjective scope of application.

Thus, they detail that the Law on Security Forces and Corps includes as such the "State" ones, which depend on the National Government, but also the Police forces that depend on the communities, as well as those dependent on the local corporations.

Another of the aspects that the lawyers ask to file down has to do with the organic nature of part of the bill, but not all of it. In this sense, they advise "incorporating a final provision second bis (new) indicating which precepts are organic and which are ordinary".

Likewise, they ask the speakers to consider "if the wording is as clear as it is intended" in the article that refers to the identification of people and urges them to "specify the type of disciplinary infraction" that the agents could face that fail to comply with the principles established for them.

Specifically, they suggest that it be made clear in the same article whether it would be a "very serious, serious or minor" offense or that it be done through a final provision that refers to the disciplinary regimes of the Police and the Civil Guard. "Note that the issue would also have repercussions on the corresponding regional legislation," the legal services remark.

The lawyers also point out the need to "concrete or complete" the article related to the dissolution of demonstrations to, among other things, "accommodate" it to the terminology used in the Constitution regarding the rights of assembly and demonstration.