The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, has given more credibility to the thesis of the prosecutor of the National Court Miguel Ángel Carballowhat opposes Carles Puigdemont being investigated for alleged terrorism in the cause of Democracy Tsunami’, that to the position of the majority of the board of prosecutors of the Supreme Courtwho do advocate prosecuting the former Catalan president.
«The relevant thing is that Carballo is the specialist,” Puente wanted to highlight, before adding that “the Supreme Court and “The Supreme Court prosecutors are not the ones who know about terrorism crimes,” that where they are processed is in the National Court.
In statements this Thursday to Antena 3, the socialist minister has insisted several times that Carballo is the prosecutor specializing in terrorism and has emphasized that he belongs to the Association of Prosecutors, the majority in the career and conservative in nature, so “It is not exactly suspected of being a dangerous red.”
Puente recalled that the AN prosecutor transferred the judge investigating the Democratic Tsunami case, Manuel García Castellón, a “lengthy, long, forceful” report in which it “does not” see terrorism in the protests against the ‘procés’ ruling, but rather aggravated public disorders, and no indications to proceed against Puigdemont.
On discrepancy between Supreme Court prosecutorsthe minister has stressed that the person who is going to establish a position for or against investigating Puigdemont is the lieutenant prosecutor María Ángeles Sánchez-Conde, because that is what the Fiscal Statute establishes.
He has also stressed that the Prosecutor’s Office establishes its position in a hierarchical manner, that is, that “it does not necessarily have to decide based on the majorities that are formed in the board of prosecutors, but in accordance with the Law.”
Asked if he believes, like Pedro Sánchez, that there was no terrorism in the Catalan independence process, Puente has said that he respects the opinion of the President of the Government, but that he personally prefers not to speak out.
Of course, he has said that as a jurist—he has a law degree and a lawyer—he believes in applying the most favorable interpretation of the law to the inmate. And from his point of view, “perhaps combining certain issues, such as public disorder with terrorism, is not exactly the most favorable interpretation.”
When questioned by the Sumar’s doubts about the PSOE proposal to reform the Criminal Procedure Law (LeCrim) In order for Junts to vote in favor of the amnesty law, Puente has stressed that linking said reform “exclusively” to the grace measure “may not be the most “convenient from a legal point of view”, although he has shared that the investigations Judicial proceedings sometimes last “many years.”
He has clarified that the formulas being sought for this reform are outside the text of the amnesty law, which has said that it is necessary to approve it so that the Catalan conflict remains “strictly” in the political sphere, not in the judicial sphere.
Bridge has been shown convinced that the amnesty will go ahead. “We believe that the amnesty law has constitutional filters to pass, and the changes that are made have to respect that premise and therefore I believe that we have reached as far as we could go,” he indicated when asked if there will be modifications, since Junts claims to include all types of terrorism and the crime of high treason to give its ‘yes’.
In the minister’s opinion, it would make no sense at this time to “thwart the expectations” of people affected by judicial proceedings linked to the ‘procés’.
Puente has also indicated that the Government “misses” the help of those who were “part of the problem”, in reference to the Popular Party. «We miss a little more help and a little more understanding from the PP, especially because in the end it is the other major state party along with the PSOE, and it will have to manage sooner or later the reality of Catalonia », he pointed out.
