He says that judges have very thin skin and that they want to be political actors
BARCELONA, Nov. 10 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The ex-deputy of the commons and negotiator of Sumar for the investiture, Jaume Asens, has assured that the concept of ‘lawfare’ “is not” in the amnesty law, because it is a political concept and not a legal one.
“The concept is not in the norm, the concept is in a press release that two political parties have made. It is a political concept, it is not a legal concept,” he said in an interview this Friday in Ser Cataluña collected by Europa Press .
Asens has assured that ‘lawfare’ “has to do with a dirty war in which an attempt is made to win in the courts things that are lost at the polls, through mechanisms, using public resources.”
He has been surprised by the reaction of associations of judges and prosecutors, who have expressed their concern in this regard, since “it shows that they have very thin skin”, and has accused the judges of wanting to be political actors.
“There are many judges who consider themselves the main scriptwriters of Spanish politics. The amnesty seeks to put an end to that,” defended the former member of the Commons, who has accused the judges of wanting to interfere in public debate and supplant the will of legislators through statements.
He has insisted that the statement from the judges’ associations refers to a political agreement, since they “do not know the content” of the amnesty law, where he has reiterated that the concept of ‘lawfare’ does not appear.
Asked about the fact that there are three negotiating tables between governments, with Junts and with ERC after the investiture agreements, Asens assured that “it would be desirable not to have so many”, but added that they exist because there has been a lack of dialogue and mistrust has been generated in recent years.
