The Prosecutor’s Office The National Court has agreed to send the investigations to a Madrid court carried out in relation to the events reported by the PSOE and that occurred last New Year’s Eve next to the national headquarters of the street party Ferraz, when he hung a piñata who supposedly represented the president of the Government, Pedro Sanchez. It indicates that it thus concludes its pre-procedural proceedings given that the matter has already been prosecuted.
This is stated in a decree by the lieutenant prosecutor of the AN, Marta Durántez, which indicates that the proceedings were initiated on January 12 after receiving notification from the State Attorney General’s Office of the political party’s complaint, and that on the morning of January 22, ten days later, they learned “of the presentation before the investigative courts of Madrid of a police report for the same events.
Durántez explains in his decree that this police report was finally handed over to an investigative courtlegal sources consulted indicate that it is number 26, and that he agreed to initiate prior proceedings.
After remembering that article 773.2 of the Criminal Procedure Law (LECrim) establishes that “the prosecutor will cease his proceedings as soon as he has news of the existence of a judicial procedure on the same facts,” he agrees to refer the investigation to the court. that has been done with the matter, led by Judge Concepción Jerez.
In this sense, the lieutenant prosecutor not only agrees to refer her investigations to that court “to be joined to the previous proceedings” but also agrees to inform the PSOE of this step so that it can exercise “whatever suits its right.” before said judicial body.
In his complaint, almost 60 pages long, The socialists pointed to a possible crime of inciting hatred based on political ideology. Since this type of crime can only be applied if it is carried out against vulnerable groups, They argued that the PSOE was persecuted during the Franco regime and during the Civil War.
Furthermore, iThey included other possible crimes, such as incitement to violence and assassination; insults against the authority in the exercise of their office; serious insults and threats to the Government of the nation; threats to the president of the Government and the PSOE and its militants as a social group —with aggravating ideological discrimination—; crime of unlawful assembly or demonstration; or public disorder, the latter being the one that can carry the greatest penalty: 5 years in prison.
Furthermore, the PSOE emphasized the link between the promoters of the event and Santiago Abascal’s party, the Revuelta youth organization, based on journalistic information.
Finally, to underline the relationship that in your opinion exists between VOX and the reported events, The PSOE alleged that what happened on December 31 was “the culmination” of the “harassment” to the socialist headquarters in different parts of Spain, also recalling the statements made by Abascal on December 10 to an Argentine media. “There will be a time when the people will want to hang Pedro Sánchez by his feet,” he said.
The socialists also focused on the presenters of the event, highlighting that in an interview they gave in the previous days they appreciated “the attitude with which the event was prepared, which manifests the premeditated intention of lynching and hatred towards the president, Government and the PSOE that presided over the call. The complaint also highlights that during the broadcast “they heated up the atmosphere.”