If the action/reaction spiral into which the Government and Judge Manuel García-Castellón have entered were not so serious, it would seem like the plot of a B-movie, with an implausible script. It is, however, the simple reality that we live and that reflects the determination of a judge to torpedo the possibility of amnesty to Carles Puigdemont – and others – by accusing him of terrorism, and the urgency of the Executive to adapt the bill to the actions of the judge to ensure that the former president can return to Catalonia free of charges. But, even more serious, what this confrontation demonstrates is also the fragile democratic health of the country, with the undisguised hostility that surrounds the relations between the judicial branch, the executive branch and, now also, the legislative branch. Because it is in this last power, in which popular sovereignty resides, where the majority of deputies are preparing to approve this Tuesday the norm that will free those who participated in the process to unilaterally declare independence from criminal proceedings and in the riots before and after to that fact. The bill will have to pass through the Senate, with a majority of the PP, before returning to the lower house for final approval.
If it is difficult to accept that a law be made to suit a handful of people in exchange for their votes to preserve the Government, it does not seem justifiable to accommodate the investigation of a summary, initiated four years ago and semi-paralyzed in the meantime, to prevent the purpose sought by the rulers is carried out. It is precisely surprising that when the events for which García-Castellón wants to charge Puigdemont and Marta Rovira with terrorism, That is to say, when the Tsunami Democràtic platform occupied the runways of the Prat airport in October 2019, no one, not even the judge, spoke of a terrorist action. That has been a sudden accusation, which came four years later coinciding with the PSOE’s negotiations with Junts to guarantee the investiture of Pedro Sánchez. Just as each of the records in which the judge of the National Court adds accusations that, by the way, are not seen by either the investigators or the prosecutor’s office, coincide with the development of the bill.
This judicial action and the pressure from Junts and ERC to guarantee that their own benefit from criminal oblivion, forced the Government last week to include an amendment that says that there is a terrorism that violates human rights and another that does not. A nonsense that can make it difficult for the Constitutional Court to approve it. And there we are, with a part of the judges who, without hiding, oppose the Executive while it, with the same impudence, adapts the legal norms to the desired objective. A situation that is difficult to tolerate, which discourages citizens and generates distrust in institutions. Although there will undoubtedly be new disagreements in the application of the amnesty, that they should respond strictly to legal criteria in the interpretation of the law, both powers should stop their disputes and apply more rigor and a little calm to your actions. Please.