The popular party will approve in its July congress that the General public prosecutor The management stops if processed and that the Constitutional court “Stop being a cassation court”, as it happens now, according to sources of the PP address.
This is reflected by the political presentationWhat Spanish had access to.
The document, which will serve as an ideological guide for training in the coming years, insists that ‘an independent justice is the first guarantee that the constitutional mandate of separation of powers and of Equality of all Spaniards before the law“
The text is drunk with Institutional quality plana job with 60 measures signed by Alberto Núñez Feijóo on January 23, 2023, in Cádiz.
“The independence of justice is inviolable And it cannot be subject to the political fluctuations or the pressure of a government, “the document that will be discussed in the congress.
The presentation also promises “to change the laws that are processing of the attorney general of the state immediate and automatic stopping“
Feijóo, president of the PP who will renew the position in the conclave, has placed the defense of judicial and tax independence as the central axis of his political project.
In fact, he promised in an interview with this newspaper, on December 31, that “Withdraw” all legislation of the government of Pedro Sánchez That, in his opinion, he has allowed “colonizing institutions” and public companies “and others that he has announced or intends to do this to control the judiciary.”
Feijóo said that if he arrives at the government after the next elections, he will achieve this goal “In the first six months” of his mandate.
Key Congress
The National PP Congress, which will be held in Madrid from 4 to 6 July, will be The first with presentations since 2017. Feijóo is dedicated to “tackling all debates” and, in the case of the rule of law, to “reverse all the laws Sanchistas They attack it. “
This congress is an opportunity “And for many, a” need ” – for Work the ideology at of the party and mark a clear route map for the following general, regional and municipal elections.
The text of the presentation emphasizes that “justice is given by the judges, with total independence, with accredited professionalism and with Topics for the realm of the law“. The document is clear: justice cannot be subjected political interference nor of External pressureAnd must be saved as a fundamental pillar of the rule of law.
The political presentation includes the special care of the PP The “Politicization of the Constitutional Court”. The text insists that judicial reforms must be “Participated, open and rigorous”And respect constitutional principles.
“We will change the laws to ensure that the Constitutional Court does not return to act as a cassation court of the Supreme Court,” says the text. The party wants the TC to “stop with a cassation court” and that its function is limited to guaranteeing the constitution of the laws, “Without going in to revise punishments from the Supreme Court”.
Reform the Constitution?
The case can no longer be for the PP, accusing the PSOE of ‘humiliating democracy’, as Feijóo has declared in the concentration of Sunday 8 June in the Plaza de España.
In addition to being denouncing the jaw “Countless cases of corruption and sewers” of the PSOEThe PP wants to reach its supporters who have a structured project. This is currently happening for “a strong opposition”, for example, they reform the reform of the tax status promoted by the minister Félix Bolaños.
According to sources of popular leadership, the government is “not the biggest problem” detected by EU reports on the rule of law in Spain or those of the Council of Europe.
“The key is who the public prosecutor mentions”, who remains the government in the Bolaños Law. With that reform, they say, would have the power of power Even more stimulus to indicate a public prosecutor’s public prosecutor“Because it will remain in office for a while, without being able to be removed,” even if the opposition wins the next elections.
“The fight against corruption”, these sources are stated, “demands that the method of appointing the attorney general is changed to one that is required Qualified majorities in the CortesFor example. “The problem is that this point requires a aggravated reform of the constitution.
In recent days, the PP has intensified its pressure to demand the termination of the current Attorney General, Álvaro García OrtizAfter his processing by the Supreme Court for an alleged crime of revelation of secrets.
“At the back door”
The PP also criticizes the current Project for the reform and modernization of justiceAlso driven by Bolaños. He regards “as an attack on the independence of justice.”
The rule is intended to open, according to the PP, a “back door” in the judicial career, without opposition or competition, “for Target jury of your rope“In fact, the project was the subject of mass protests of the judicial associations, which gathered a symbolic stop of 10 minutes last week to claim the withdrawal.
The political presentation was prepared by a team led by Alma EzcurraEurodiputada and ex -ingeputte at the Madrid meeting, very close Isabel Díaz Ayuso. Next to her, Juanma MorenoPresident of the Junta de Andalucía; Alfonso Fernández MañuecoPresident of Castilla Y León; And Natalia ChuecaMayor of Zaragoza.
Sources of PP management have confirmed to El Español that it was Ezcurra that wrote the original design. Ezcurra, Coordinator of the Reformism Foundation21The PP ideas factory since the faes of José María Aznar It was organically separated from the party, the committee received an ideological text “for the political convention” to maintain the secret of the congress.
The context of the congress is characterized by the need to “reverse the degeneration Sanchista“, According to Feijóo itself, on Place the party in immediate election mode.
Until now, the only internal confrontation that has come to light is the relative to the system of choice of leaders. The publication of articles of association proposes primary compromisariosWhile Ayuso defends more “direct democracy” among the militants.
