The government negotiating team led by Félix Bolaños, Minister of the Presidency, finalized this weekend with its partners the amnesty law that will give way to the investiture of Pedro Sánchez. The calendar according to which the executive branch works, assuming there are no surprises, is to pass the law in Congress this Monday, probably in the morning. This was scheduled for Thursday the 3rd, but was ultimately delayed for ten days due to difficulty completing negotiations with Junts. Now the pact with Carles Puigdemont’s party is closed, although negotiators were still working on some technical details of the law this weekend in order to be able to close it on Sunday and send it to the partners who will sign and register it on Monday must .
The idea with which they are working in government is that the norm, in the form of a bill, bears the signature of almost all the groups that will support investiture, with the exception of the Canary Islands coalition, which does not support the clemency measure. , but he will vote for Sánchez. The proposal will therefore bear the signature of PSOE, Sumar, ERC, Junts, PNV, Bildu and BNG. Once it is registered, a condition negotiated in the agreement with both Junts and ERC, the entire investiture mechanism can be put into motion. It is expected that Francina Armengol will officially announce this Monday, after a conversation with candidate Sánchez, that the investiture will take place on Wednesday and Thursday. This means that Sánchez would become president on Thursday the 16th, eleven days before the maximum deadline for automatically calling new elections.
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A board and a committee of speakers were convened on Tuesday. This second could order the plenary debate that will begin on Wednesday, although in reality everything is heavily regulated by the regulations. The board could classify the law as an amnesty (procedure to review the legality of the proposals) that Tuesday, but this would require a lot of effort since the qualifications are usually not so quick and take some time. The initiative could be taken forcefully and quietly, but it is possible that it will be postponed until next week to avoid greater tensions. In any case, it is not foreseeable that the measure will be nullified by a lawyer’s opinion, as happened in 2021 with the amnesty law presented by the independents.
The socialists insist that this law was completely different from this one and was clearly unconstitutional because, from the first line of its justification, it called into question the action of justice, which, they assure, is not the case in this new norm This was reviewed by the Bolaños team and all government lawyers to ensure its constitutionality. It is foreseeable that the PP will try not to even include the law in the table, citing the 2021 bar report. But in the PSOE there are no concerns about this matter because they have a majority in the table and because they are convinced that this will happen. Technical filter without problems. In fact, socialist sources assure that in this legislative period all measures that occur will be restricted, including some of Vox that border on unconstitutional.
The government trusts that once the law is known, and especially if there is an investiture, it will be able to create a social environment that is favorable to amnesty and the pact with junts, which is not only rejected by conservatives. is very critical of gradually reversing But in some progressives who accuse the PSOE of adopting the independence story over the process. The justification, the socialists insist, and the articles of the law themselves, if known, would make it very clear that the socialist party has defended all its red lines and, above all, guaranteed the constitutionality of the law.
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The PP called for a concentration against the amnesty at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid on Sunday. Claudio Alvarez
However, the pressure is growing and the PP showed strength on Sunday with very important demonstrations across Spain. While daily rallies continue to take place in front of the PSOE headquarters and in some cases incidents, graffiti, harassment or attacks are recorded, the socialist barons supporting the amnesty, who, with the exception of Emiliano García-Page, form the vast majority, are from Castile- La Mancha and the Aragonese Javier Lambán published videos on Sunday to respond to the PP protests.
They all criticize the tone of the respective local popular leaders against the amnesty. For example, Juan Lobato, from Madrid, accused the president of the community, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, of using the word “dictatorship” and saying: “We will return the blow,” because he believes that these statements lead to sometimes violent protests in front of the PSOE headquarters. Valencian Ximo Puig explained: “The fundamental thing in democracy is respect for the rules of the game. Sánchez has a democratic majority, the PP must respect it. It is not possible for there to be a hateful reaction to defeat. PSOE fighters in the Valencian Community are targeted. “It seems terrible to us that Vox is ruling in the Valencian Community, but we are not making riots, we respect the result.” The Andalusian Juan Espadas concluded: “Given the freedom of demonstration and freedom of expression, it is seriously irresponsible, with false arguments and slanders to question the democratic legitimacy of the parliamentary majority that will elect Spain’s next government.” It is called democracy and the rule of law, the very thing they claim to defend and which they attack.”
General view of the concentration in Plaza Sant Jaume in Barcelona against the amnesty law. Kike Rincon
Protesters in the Plaza de la Peregrina in Pontevedra.ÓSCAR CORRAL
Posters against Pedro Sánchez, the incumbent government president, during the protest in the Plaza del Temple in Valencia. Monica Torres
Poster for the Spanish Constitution of 1978 this Sunday in Plaza San Francisco in front of Seville City Hall. Alejandro Ruesga
Rally against the amnesty in Malaga, in a picture of the People’s Party. Jorge Zapata (EFE)
In the foreground, from left, Ana Botella, former mayor of Madrid; José María Aznar, former government president; Isabel Díaz Ayuso, President of the Community of Madrid; Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the PP; José Luis Martínez Almeida, Mayor of Madrid, Alfonso Serrano, Senator of the PP, this Sunday in the Puerta del Sol. Claudio Alvarez
During the rally in Barcelona, demonstrators carried a figure of former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont. Kike Rincon
Thousands of people demonstrated this Sunday at the rally in the Plaza de la Peregrina in Pontevedra.ÓSCAR CORRAL
Flags of Spain and the PP at the rally in Alicante’s town hall square. Joaquín Reina (Europa Press)
A protester holds a sign against incumbent President Pedro Sánchez, Claudio Álvarez during the rally at Puerta del Sol in Madrid
Thousands of people attended the gathering in Salamanca.Manuel Laya (Europa Press)
Demonstrators protested under a huge Spanish flag at the rally in Malaga this Sunday. JORGE GUERRERO (AFP)
Flags of Spain and posters against Pedro Sánchez, the incumbent government president, during the concentration in the Plaza de Sant Jaume in Barcelona. Kike Rincon
Protesters gathered this Wednesday in the Plaza del Temple in Valencia. Monica Torres
The President of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan Manuel Moreno, during the rally in Seville. Alejandro Ruesga
General view of the Puerta del Sol in Madrid during the rally against the amnesty law this Sunday. Oscar del Pozo (AFP)
A woman held a sign saying “Stop Sánchez” during the concentration in Sant Jaume Square in Barcelona. Kike Rincon
Atmosphere in Preciados Street in Madrid during the rally in Madrid against the amnesty. Claudio Alvarez
Demonstrators carried signs against the incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez this Sunday in Oviego (Asturias).Paco Paredes (EFE)
Image of Pedro Sánchez, characterized as Pinocchio, at the rally against the amnesty law in Madrid. SUSANA VERA (Portal)
Concentration in the Plaza de Zocodover in Toledo against the amnesty and subsequent march and rally in front of the PSOE headquarters this Sunday.Ángeles Visdómine (EFE)
A demonstrator showed two Spanish flags during the rally called by the Popular Party in the Plaza del Temple in Valencia. Monica Torres
Protesters gathered this Sunday in Alicante’s town hall square. Joaquín Reina (Europa Press)
General view of the Plaza de San Francisco in Seville, this Sunday. Alejandro Ruesga
Rally against the amnesty and for equal rights for all Spaniards called by the Popular Party in the Plaza de San Vicente de Ávila. RAÚL SANCHIDRIÁN (EFE)
Concentration in front of the PSPV headquarters after the event called by the PP to protest against the amnesty in Valencia. Monica Torres
From left: Alfonso Serrano, PP Senator; José María Aznar, former government president; Isabel Díaz Ayuso, President of the Community of Madrid; Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the PP; José Luis Martínez Almeida, Mayor of Madrid, and Marta Rivera de la Cruz, Minister of Culture of the Community of Madrid, this Sunday at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid. Claudio Alvarez
View of Alcalá Street from Puerta del Sol, during concentration in Madrid. Joan Mateu Parra (AP)
Hundreds of people during the rally against the amnesty in Tarragona. Laia Solanellas (Europa Press)
Environment of concentration in Murcia against the amnesty law. Edu Botella (Europa Press)
Concentration of demonstrators in Melilla. Ilies Amar (Europa Press)
About 100 people gathered this Sunday against the amnesty in Girona. GLÒRIA SÁNCHEZ (EUROPA PRESS)
From left: Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the PP; Isabel Díaz Ayuso, President of the Community of Madrid, and José Luis Martínez Almeida, Mayor of Madrid, this Sunday at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid.Claudio Álvarez
Right-wing extremist groups surrounded the PSOE headquarters in Castellón this Sunday in protest against the amnesty. ANDREU ESTEBAN (EFE)
Thousands of people took part in the rally against the amnesty in Santander (Cantabria) this Sunday.Juanma Serrano (Europa Press)
Protest in front of the socialist headquarters of Logroño (La Rioja) with insults to the PSOE, Sánchez and Puigdemont this Sunday. European Press
Demonstrators took part in the rally in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Alberto Valdes (EFE)
View of the Plaza de África in Ceuta during concentration. Antonio Sempere (Europa Press)
About 7,000 people took part this Sunday in the protest called by the PP in Badajoz against Pedro Sánchez’s investiture pacts. José Luis Real (EFE)
Demonstrators took part in the rally in Salamanca. Manuel Laya (Europa Press)
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