He says that there will be full democratic normality because the agreement will be transparent and the opposition can appeal to the TC
The acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has for the first time explicitly referred to a possible “amnesty” for those involved in the ‘procés’ while distancing himself from the proposal made by Sumar. However, he has not clarified whether during the negotiation for his investiture there will be a meeting between a leader of the PSOE and the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont.
In a press appearance in Granada, at the end of the informal meeting of the European Council, Sánchez reiterated that they are negotiating and therefore cannot advance an agreement until it is closed. “Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed,” she stressed.
Thus, Sánchez has pointed out that Sumar’s proposal for the amnesty that was known this Thursday and that advocates exonerating all people linked to the independence process since 2013 that also includes agents of the State Security Forces and Bodies , is not the PSOE proposal.
“We have Sumar’s proposal, as we also know the proposal of other political parties in relation to the amnesty, which is still a way of trying to overcome the judicial consequences” of the 2017 crisis, as he defined it. Although they are aware of these initiatives, they have made it clear that in no case is it “the PSOE proposal.”
In this sense, he has assured that when there is an agreement it will be “clear and transparent”, all citizens will know it and it will also be validated by the Legislative Branch. “Complete democratic normality,” he has maintained, pointing out that if the opposition wants, it can appeal to the Constitutional Court.
When questioned directly about the possibility of a meeting between a member of the negotiating team with Puigdemont, he has avoided clarifying it and has limited himself to pointing out that “the agreements will be known when those agreements are finalized” and, therefore, “there will be no agreement until that everything is agreed.”
The leader of the PSOE has defended the lack of specificity by pointing out that this is a question of common sense that applies to all areas of life “and also to politics.”
Thus, he has reiterated that he cannot provide details of the agreement until it is closed because they are still negotiating, but he assures that the objective is to continue making policies of progress and “coexistence, within the framework of the Constitution.”
A GOVERNMENT “ASAP”
Pedro Sánchez has defended that after the result of the elections on July 23 and the order given to him by the King for the investiture, he will seek to make it “real.” In his opinion, the mandate of the polls obliges all parties to work to understand each other and achieve a Government of Spain “as soon as possible.” “And that’s where I’m at,” he concluded.
He considers that after the elections the citizens have tasked the deputies with reaching an agreement on the distribution of political forces in Parliament so that there is a “stable” Government for the next four years.
Along these same lines, he thinks that it is “logical” that he is negotiating to move forward with his investiture while at the same time he has ironized the time taken by the PP candidate, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who finally did not achieve the necessary majority to be president.
“What is the news, that I am negotiating for my investiture?” he said, trying to bring normality to the conversations, before throwing a dart at Feijóo. “Let’s see, it may be news after what we have seen during the last five weeks, but the logical thing is that I am negotiating with parliamentary groups so that there is a royal investiture and to comply with the mandate of the Spanish and that is what I am going to do.” to do,” he concluded.
