The PSOE has charged this Thursday against the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, for “using a new excuse” to break off the negotiations to renew the General Council of the Judiciary and has accused him of “not resisting” the pressures “of the reactionary right” which, in his opinion, have been “boycotting” the talks between the two parties.
According to the PSOE, the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, called Feijóo this Thursday “to formalize an agreement that was already negotiated and ready” between the two political formations but, in the opinion of the PSOE, the PP leader has used “a new excuse” to “block the renewal” of the CGPJ, thus breaking the negotiation and “violating the Constitution once again”.
In a statement, the Socialists have pointed out that Feijóo demonstrates “an absolute lack of political autonomy” by not resisting, as they have denounced, the “pressures from the most reactionary right” that have been “boycotting this negotiation so that it does not come to fruition “.
The PSOE has also responded to the PP’s accusations about the reform of the crime of sedition, replying that the Government’s “legislative agenda” “has not been modified at any time during the legislature or during the negotiations in recent weeks ” to renew the governing body of the judges. “Compliance with the Constitution does not admit conditions or blackmail”, he has indicated.
In this context, the PSOE has accused the PP of having an “obstructionist attitude” in this matter, which is “very serious” because it has created an “institutional crisis in a state power” that is causing damage to the “normal functioning of Justice, as well as the reputation of our country” in the European Union.
The Popular Party has decided to suspend negotiations with the PSOE to renew the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) and has offered the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, “to address together any reform” of the Penal Code, among which it has included those that affect to the crimes of rebellion and sedition, as well as the criminalization of calling an illegal referendum.
This has been reported by the PP in a statement after the leader of the ‘popular’, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, had a telephone conversation with Sánchez to update the status of the talks for the renewal of the pending bodies and in which, the ‘popular’ have explained, the Prime Minister confirmed the reform of the crime of sedition.
In the conversation, according to the PP, Feijóo has criticized that the head of the Executive announced “wrongly” that the agreement to renew the governing body on Thursdays “was made” while “several relevant and essential issues for the Party were still open Popular”. At a press conference, Sánchez announced this Thursday that the agreement on the CGPJ “is ready” in the absence of the PP “saying yes.”
Specifically, the PP has indicated that Sánchez confirmed to Feijóo the intention that in his legislative agenda he was going to include the reform of the crime of sedition in the Penal Code and that, consequently, “he is not going to renounce its modification” despite “the different versions transferred publicly and privately by different members of the Government”, according to the ‘popular’.
