The amnesty law proposal appears for the first time on the agenda of a plenary session since the PSOE registered the norm, which was one of the demands of Junts and ERC to support Sánchez’s investiture
The plenary session of Congress will face the debate on Tuesday on the consideration of the Amnesty Law and the next day first control session to the new Government in this legislature, although without Pedro Sanchezwho will travel to the European Parliament to close the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The amnesty law proposal appears for the first time on the agenda of a plenary session of Congress since the PSOE registered the norm, which was one of the demands raised by Together and CKD to support Sánchez’s investiture.
It is also the first plenary session in which the five deputies of Podemos will now be integrated into the Mixed Groupafter his decision to break with Sumar’s parliamentary group.
Predictably, the proposition of the Amnesty Law will pass the first filter in the plenary session of Congress as it has the support of the majority of the House for its consideration.
The first audit session of the Executive will focus, in addition to the Amnesty Law, on issues related to inflation and there are also questions, among others, about the stability of the Executive after the breakup of Podemos with Sumar and its integration into the Group Mixed.
Five of the new ministers of Sánchez’s cabinet make their debut in this control plenary session: Elma Saiz (Inclusion and Social Security); Óscar Puente (Transportation); Jordi Hereu (Industry) Ana Redondo (Equality) and Sira Rego (Youth and Children).
The first vice president and Minister of Economy, Nadia Calvinowill have to answer a question from the PP about the economic balance and another from EH Bildu about inflation.
Yolanda Díaz, second vice president and head of Labor, will have to respond to the PP about the consequences that the departure of Podemos will have for the stability of the Executive, and the Minister of Finance and fourth vice president, María Jesús Montero, will be asked for explanations for the amnesty. .
The PP also wants the Minister of the Presidency to also speak about the amnesty, Felix Bolaños, which premieres in Justice, and to which Vox will ask a question about “the dismantling” of the separation of powers.
The Minister of Transport debuts with questions from the PP and BNG about train delays and other recent incidents, and the head of Industry, also a rookie in the Upper House, will answer Junts about how he plans to guarantee the return of the companies that left Catalonia in 2017 during the ‘procés’.
The head of Equality, Ana Redondoanother of the new ministers, must respond to the PP about the consequences of the law of only yes is yes, while Sira Rego also has a question from the PP about how Spain is going to stop leading the EU in youth unemployment data.
The PNV will focus on another of the ministers facing their first control session, Elma Saiz (Inclusion and Social Security), to detail how she will resolve some “imbalances” caused in the deployment of certain economic-social measures.
Also among the questions, there is one from ERC to the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, for the latest demonstrations with “fascist” symbols against the amnesty.
In addition, this control session includes three questions: one from the PP about the amnesty; another from BNG about the pensions of granite workers and a third from Vox related to food sovereignty.