Spanish Parliament Rejects Amnesty Bill for Catalan Separatists
The controversial bill is not dead, however, and will likely return for another vote.
The controversial bill is not dead, however, and will likely return for another vote.
Socialists tailor amnesty law to allow terrorists to avoid prosecution.
Sánchez’s government claims it has high-level legal opinions supporting the amnesty—but has yet to make the report public or even state who wrote it.
The ruling party has already withdrawn the credentials of some media outlets to attend its events.
The parliament could send a delegation to Spain to investigate rule-of-law violations by PM Pedro Sánchez.
Socialist PM Pedro Sánchez’s first bills are set to be defeated—by his allies.
This movement shows “there is still a spirit of reconquest, of returning to what Spain was—and not allowing it to become something else entirely.”
The political class wants to demoralize opponents, disenfranchise citizens, and demonstrate power.
Five-year legal deadlock could be resolved at the expense of sovereignty.
The Spanish PM allowed only 20 minutes for questions from six hand-picked news outlets in what should have been the biggest press conference of the year.