The Venice Commission supports the arguments of the amnesty law but criticizes that it is urgently processed | Spain

The Venice Commission supports the possibility of an amnesty law like the one being processed in the Cortes, considering that “national unity and social and political reconciliation are legitimate objectives” of these grace measures that occur in the majority of countries, says the draft opinion of the legal body of the Council of Europe. However, … Read more

The PSOE, after the Venice Commission’s endorsement of the arguments of the amnesty law: “It shows that far from breaking up Spain, what it does is unite it” | Spain

The PSOE has asked the PP to have “a little more shame” and abandon “the lies and permanent hyperbole”, after learning last night that the draft of the Venice Commission report on the arguments of the amnesty law supports the possibility of a measure of this type considering that “national unity and social and political … Read more

The Government and the independentists shield the amnesty negotiation against judicial pressure | Spain

Once again a very relevant judicial decision arrives at the decisive moment of a negotiation between the Government and the independentists. If on November 7 it was the judge of the National Court Manuel García-Castellón who wrote an order implicating Carles Puigdemont in the caso Tsunami for the alleged crime of terrorism, just on the … Read more

The PP prioritizes the total discharge against the PSOE for the ‘Koldo case’ beyond the amnesty: “The ‘rock and roll begins’” | Spain

Alberto Núñez Feijóo asked Pedro Sánchez last Thursday “not to hide” and give explanations about the Koldo case. But since then, he had let other senior PP officials shake the PSOE over the alleged corruption plot. Until this Wednesday, during the control session, when the head of the opposition pointed directly to the President of … Read more

PSOE and Junts approach positions for an agreement on the amnesty law | Spain

The focus is on the scandal of the Koldo case, that monopolizes not only the media news but also the conversations within the Government and the PSOE, with a deep tear and great concern about the dramatic end of the crisis. The event has ended with the former organization secretary, José Luis Ábalos, in the … Read more

The Congressional Justice Commission finalizes the text of the amnesty law | Spain

The amnesty bill is moving full steam ahead towards its approval in Congress. The text will be ready this Tuesday in the Justice Commission of the Chamber, ready for the plenary session to give it final approval on the 30th, a month and a half after having taken it into consideration. Then only the Senate … Read more

Feijóo: “A country where citizens are not equal before the law does not have a Constitution” | Spain

The ranks are tight before the new electoral cycle, which has its first milestone in a historical fiefdom of the PP and of vital importance for its leader: Galicia. Alberto Núñez Feijóo wants the entire party mobilized and his territorial power in an attack position to achieve the victory that his dolphin, Alfonso Rueda, needs … Read more

The ‘Tsunami case’: terrorism or public disorder? | Spain

The last order of the judge of the National Court Manuel García-Castellón on the Democratic Tsunami case has widened the gap between the conclusions reached by this magistrate about the protests against the sentence of the processs issued in October 2019 by the Supreme Court and the interpretation given by the Prosecutor’s Office to the … Read more