MADRID, 27 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The leader of United We Can in Congress, Jaume Asens, has told the president, Pedro Sánchez, that there is a parliamentary majority to reform the crime of sedition, while accusing the PP of using this change as an “excuse” for not agreeing the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ).
Sánchez reaffirmed last Friday that he does not have sufficient parliamentary support to undertake the reform of the crime of sedition, although he defended “harmonizing” the Spanish Penal Code with that of “the main European democracies.” During this same day, he has reaffirmed his intention to reform this lack, already expressed in his investiture speech.
In the corridors of Congress, Asens has stressed that “there are numbers” for the reform to “come out”. “There are plenty of reasons and support, you just have to call them,” he said, in line with what was expressed by the ERC spokesman in the Lower House, Gabriel Rufián, who also replied to Sánchez that the majority does exist to undertake the reform , which your party asks for.
Likewise, Asens has reproached the PP for “continuing to blackmail democracy” for precisely using the reform of the crime of sedition as an “excuse” for not agreeing to renew the CGPJ.
However, he has avoided assessing the talks currently underway between his government partner and the PP, stressing however that United We Can is “permanently” in contact with the PSOE. Thus, he has asked to be “cautious”, but has justified his “mistrust” in the ‘popular’ alleging that they do not agree using “Podemos today, sedition tomorrow”. “Excuses”, he has said, demanding that they “comply” with the law and the Constitution.
Regarding the names on the table, including that of the Government delegate against Gender Violence, Victoria Rosell, Asens has complained that “certain media” do not speculate about those proposed by the PP and PSOE, although He has refused to talk about “specific” names, arguing that “this is not the time”.
