VIGO, 21 Apr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The State Attorney General’s Office sees it as “premature” to take a position on the reform of the ‘only yes is yes’ law, because the legislator’s work has not yet finished, and it has advanced that, once approved, the rule will be applied, although “If it is necessary to establish interpretative criteria, it will be done”, as has been done with the review of the sentences in application of that law up to now.
This was reported by the State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, in statements to the media during a visit to the City of Justice in Vigo.
García Ortiz has stressed that there is still a parliamentary process but, at the time the reform of the law is approved, “the Prosecutor’s Office will do what it has always done, apply the norm.” With respect to the possible setting of interpretative criteria, he has indicated that it will be done if it is “necessary.”
As he recalled, this has been done with the review of sentences “seeking (…) in all courts, in all courts, whatever the instance, the least possible impunity for sexual offenders.” “That is what we will do”, he has settled.
With respect to the modifications to the standard, he has stated that it is “premature” to make considerations and has stressed the importance of the period after approval, which must be one of “study, reflection” to see what consequences the application of the regulation may have. new norm. “It cannot be done or should not be done from the Prosecutor’s Office, from a technical point of view, no hasty approach,” she concluded.
On the other hand, questioned about the possible call for a strike by the prosecutors in Spain, Álvaro García Ortiz has asserted that “it is not appropriate to speculate about what has not yet happened.” In any case, he added, “it is not up to the State Attorney General’s Office to express its opinion” on this matter.
“The future will come and we will see how it comes. For now, it would be talking about the future, and about something that does not yet exist,” he reiterated.
