The LAJ make ugly the allusion of the Secretary of State for Justice to terrorism when talking about his protest before the Ministry

MADRID, 17 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The spokesman for the strike committee of the lawyers of the Administration of Justice, Juan José Yáñez, regretted that the Secretary of State for Justice, Tontxu Rodríguez, alluded this Friday to the concentration of lawyers at the doors of the Ministry at the beginning of Thursday's meeting, with references to the pressures when there was terrorism. "It seems that he calls us terrorists directly," he explained.

Thus, Yáñez has pointed out in statements to Europa Press that it is unfortunate that workers "who exercise their legitimate right to strike" have to endure being accused "of something so serious." "Especially when the lawyers have been on the front line in the fight against terrorism", he has sentenced.

The comment that has earned the reproach of the organizers of the strike is the one made by Rodríguez to refer to the demonstration of lawyers that took place yesterday afternoon on San Bernardo street, coinciding with the beginning of the meeting of both parties.

Rodríguez has made ugly the lawyers who called this concentration and has pointed out that, being Basque, he has had to negotiate many times "under pressure" and that "that ended when terrorism ended." "Under pressure, you no longer negotiate", he has pointed out.

The statements by the Secretary of State came at the end of the meeting, which after more than 15 hours ended without agreement. The 'number two' of the Ministry has left controversial comments about the lawyers such as that they are not workers "who want to make ends meet" but are "privileged people" who earn between 40,000 and 60,000 euros.

In addition, it has come to compare the strike they are carrying out with the one carried out by air traffic controllers years ago, and has accused them of reaching the negotiation from a privileged position.