PSOE, Podemos and ERC include behind closed doors the embezzlement reform in the law that suppresses the crime of sedition

MADRID, 12 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The PSOE, Unidas Podemos and Esquerra Republicana have approved this Monday afternoon in a closed-door meeting of the presentation of the Congressional Justice Commission the reform of the crime of embezzlement, which is already incorporated into the law that suppresses the crime of sedition, just the two crimes for which the leaders of the independence process of 2017 were convicted.

The penal reform of the PSOE and Unidas Podemos initially focused on the suppression of the crime of sedition, with additions such as the aggravation of penalties in case of concealment of the body, but the amendments registered last Friday expanded the purpose of the bill.

On the one hand, the PSOE and Unidas Podemos have taken the opportunity to reform the system for electing magistrates of the Constitutional Court to circumvent the boycott of the conservative members of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) and pave the way for the candidates appointed by the Government , the former minister Juan Carlos Campo and the former adviser to Moncloa Laura Díez.

In addition, the two government partners proposed adding a new offense of illicit enrichment of public officials and modified their own wording of the new offense of aggravated public disorder.

And to this was added Esquerra Republicana, which proposed on its side to modify the crime of embezzlement of public funds to reduce the penalty in cases where there is no personal gain. On this text, the government parties have agreed with the independentistas on a compromise proposal.

All these amendments have been approved this Monday in the presentation, with which they are already part of the bill that, according to the plans of the government parties, will be debated this Tuesday in the Justice Commission and on Thursday in the plenary session of the Congress before referral to the Senate.