MADRID, 11 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The PSOE spokesman in Congress, Patxi López, has accused the leader of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, of having delivered a speech “stuffed with half-truths and complete lies” this Friday in his appearance before the media after the proposal of law presented by PSOE and UP to repeal the current crime of sedition, while underlining that the PP has ceased to be a “state party” to be a party in a “state of permanent denial”.
This is how López pronounced himself in a statement after Feijóo’s speech on Friday afternoon in which he assured that if he governs he will reverse the reform of the President of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez.
According to the socialist spokesman, this reform that the PSOE and UP have presented this Friday to repeal the current crime of sedition and replace it with another of “aggravated public disorder” that contemplates penalties for the authorities of 3 to 5 years in prison and disqualification of 6 to 8 years, it has been carried out to “not be an anomaly” and thus adapt to the European line.
“The PP does not like it because we are more pro-European and the PP longs for the past of this country,” said López, who has also branded Feijóo “incoherent” for leading a party that “is dedicated to distributing certificates of Spanishness and constitutionality , while they have not complied with the Constitution for four years,” López claimed in reference to the blockade in the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ).
At this point, he has clarified that despite the reform of the crime of sedition, –which contemplates penalties for the authorities of 3 to 5 years in prison compared to the 10 to 15 years that the current Penal Code includes and disqualification from 6 to 8 years compared to the 10 to 15 years established by the current law– the crime of rebellion still stands, so “there is no lack of protection other than the delusions of some,” he exclaimed.
López has pointed out that during the day he has heard “many hoaxes” but that the “greatest outrage” he has heard is that of those who fear a coup. “I’ll tell them not to worry. Luckily Spain left those times behind and if someone had to be tried for having tried, in our country the crime of rebellion is still in force with penalties ranging from 15 to 30 years in prison. I think it is a sufficient example that there is no lack of protection other than in the delusions of some,” he stressed.
