The PP will take an appeal to the TC for "the violation of the legislative power" of the Government

Gamarra accuses the Government of "unprecedented authoritarianism" and of applying an "à la carte" reform of its parliamentary partners

The spokesperson for the Popular Group in Congress, Cuca Gamarra, has announced that the PP will take an appeal to the Constitutional Court against "the violation of the legislative power" for using the bill and the amendment route to "skip all the legality controls", as a "first measure of action" in light of the reforms proposed by the Government in the Penal Code and in the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ).

This was stated at a press conference, in which he explained that the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, seeks to use the amendment route to "carry out reforms that cannot use that route." Therefore, he has added that they will present it "urgently and as soon as possible".

In addition, he has stated that they will demand the appearance of Sánchez in Parliament because "he is in hiding" and so that he "shows his face before the Spaniards to whom he lied."

He has also reiterated that the PP will denounce before the European Union and the Constitutional Court the latest penal reforms promoted by the government parties, both the changes to facilitate "the assault" on the TC and those carried out "at the dictation" of the Catalan independentistas to benefit to those prosecuted and sentenced for the illegal referendum of 2017.

Thus, Gamarra has accused the Government of "accelerating in an unprecedented authoritarianism." "The repeal of the crime of sedition, the cheapening of corruption and the reforms of the judiciary outside the power itself to colonize it and control the TC have no parallel in our democracy."

"Without a doubt, one of the powers is perpetrating attacks on the Rule of Law itself, on the counterweights that must exist in a democracy between powers and on the separation of powers itself, leading us into an absolute authoritarian drift," he lamented. For this reason, she has explained that the Government intends to weaken the rule of law to "continue to have a majority and perpetuate yourself in power."

In his opinion, Sánchez has an objective of authoritarianism: "to have maximum powers with minimum controls." Thus, Gamarra has affirmed that all this means that the maximum beneficiaries of the Penal Code are "its partners", with an "à la carte" reform and remaining "outside the law".

"This reform has names and surnames, and they are those who have already been sentenced for violating the constitutional order and are on the run from justice and have not been held accountable."

In this sense, the spokeswoman explained that Sánchez "does not put anything before him, not even his own party", because "like authoritarian regimes, the party is him". "The Sanchista party has taken over the socialist party, its history, its important role in consolidating democracy and the rule of law," she has criticized.

Regarding the motion of censure raised by Vox yesterday and supported by Ciudadanos, the PP spokesperson has clarified that "the ballot boxes are the motion of censure against Sánchez. "We are not here to give Sánchez oxygen, but rather to grant Spain an alternative that they deserve the Spaniards", he added in this regard.