TS asks the judge of Écija to resolve the protection order requested by the partner of the IU deputy suspended from militancy

MADRID, 31 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Supreme Court (TS) has asked the Investigating Court Number 1 of Écija (Seville) to decide, as soon as possible, on the protection order requested by the partner of the deputy of the Grupo de Podemos Podemos Miguel Ángel Bustamante Martín --who was suspended from militancy in Izquierda Unida (IU)-- after denouncing him for habitual mistreatment.

The High Court has ruled after it was announced last Friday that the Andalusian court had referred the case to the Supreme Court, since Bustamente enjoys the status of appraised due to his status as a deputy.

In an order, collected by Europa Press, the magistrate of the Criminal Chamber Javier Hernández has explained that -while the Supreme Court decides whose jurisdiction is to study the complaint- the Court of Écija continues to be responsible for this matter , so you must quickly resolve the protection order that the woman claimed.

"No jurisdictional incident can justify a lack of jurisdictional response in a timely manner on the admissibility or not of adopting protection measures in favor of those people who appear as confirmed victims of the justiciable acts", the magistrate has pointed out.

It should be remembered that last Friday, Izquierda Unida immediately suspended the deputy in Congress Miguel Ángel Bustamante from militancy after learning that he had been denounced by his still wife for an alleged crime of gender violence and mistreatment in the family.

Bustamante himself defended himself against the accusation of alleged mistreatment of his wife and has "totally" denied that he has committed gender-based violence, assuring that he has not "punched a punch in his life." He assured that he requested the suspension of militancy in the PCE and IU so as not to harm their respective organizations and he regretted having learned "of the alleged complaint" by the media.