The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, has admitted that they “probably would not” have adopted an amnesty law to favor Catalan independentists if they did not need it for the inauguration of Pedro Sánchez, although he has said that in the end the amnesty law would have ended up being imposed. measure at another time in the legislature to avoid returning to the “tension” situation of 2017 in Catalonia.
Puente explained that it is “logical” to criticize the changes in the PSOE’s position on this matter, but he stressed that it is necessary to analyze “whether they are consistent with the current situation.” “It is no secret to anyone that adopting this measure at this time is linked to the formation of a government. Without this measure, the investiture is not possible,” he said.
However, the former mayor of Valladolid has defended the need to put “long lights” and “look at the horizon of the coming years” because, in his opinion, it is better to apply the amnesty in the “short term” before they occur. a lot of trials, with an extradition of Puigdemont and we return to the tension of 2017.”
“If you had not needed this – the amnesty – for the investiture, would you have adopted it? Probably not, but I am sure that throughout the legislature the measure would have ended up being imposed?” he acknowledged in an interview on Channel 24 hours of TVE, collected by Europa Press.
On the other hand, he has also stated that the new Minister of Justice, Félix Bolaños, is evaluating “possible solutions” to unblock the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), whose mandate has expired for five years due to lack of political agreement, and has reiterated to the PP that “complies with the Constitution.” “But we can’t wait four years for him to do it either,” he warned.