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The Senate continues the processing of the reform of the Penal Code without the amendments paralyzed by the TC

MADRID, 20 Dic.

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The Senate continues the processing of the reform of the Penal Code without the amendments paralyzed by the TC

MADRID, 20 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Board of the Senate has agreed on Tuesday to continue with the processing of the reform of the Criminal Code, which repeals the crime of sedition and touches on embezzlement, without the amendments that paralyzed the Plenary of the Constitutional Court on the renewal of the court itself.

This has been agreed by this body, which has met before the appointment of the Justice Commission takes place. This decision has gone ahead thanks to the majority that make up the PSOE and the PNV in the Senate Table, in the face of the rejection of the PP, according to parliamentary sources.

In this way, the Senate Board has given the green light for the Justice Commission to meet so that it is in charge of separating from the rest of the bill the amendments on which the Constitutional Court issued its very precautionary measures and decided to paralyze.

Thus, the processing in the Senate of the rest of the proposed law that repeals the crime of sedition and reduces the penalties for the crime of embezzlement continues, so that, if the Justice Commission gives the green light this Tuesday to the opinion, the reform of the Criminal Code would go to the Senate Plenary this Thursday, December 22, although without the amendments paralyzed by the Constitutional.

The Plenary of the Constitutional Court (TC) agreed on Monday night by 6 votes to 5, to urgently suspend the parliamentary processing of the two amendments by which the system of election and arrival of the two candidates to the TC is modified appointed by the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), thus admitting the very precautionary measures requested by the PP in its appeal against said amendments.

After this, the president of the Senate, Ander Gil, decided to issue an institutional declaration in which he affirmed that he would abide by the Constitutional decision, but announced that, once the content and scope of the resolution is known and analyzed, ways "to preserve parliamentary autonomy.