Last-minute negotiations were a common trend in the last legislature between the PSOE and ERC. For this Junts has joined. The Amnesty law is no exception. The independentistas are in contact to find a point of consensus between the amendments presented separately by Republicans and post-convergents alone. The firmness of the socialists forces them, since the PSOE remains firm and a priori is not willing to tweak the text, beyond technical considerations.
The two pro-independence parties continue to adjust their proposals, with disagreements involved. The representatives of both parties maintain open negotiations to present transactional amendments in the Justice Commission of the Congress of Deputies convened for this Tuesday with the new text with the partial amendments incorporated.
The commission starts at 11:30 a.m. and will debate and vote on the new text of the amnesty with the eight amendments agreed between the PSOE, Sumar, ERC and Bildu. Junts, despite collaborating in drafting these changes, ultimately did not want to sign them. A position that was redirected in the presentation process last week, when the post-convergents endorsed the joint amendments.
For now, the socialists have been waiting for last-minute negotiations to try to incorporate new corrections. They have made it very clear that the only amendments they are going to vote on are those previously agreed upon. Both Junts and ERC want to achieve a consensus to convince the PSOE – “the task of seducing to convince is up to others,” said socialist spokesperson Esther Peña yesterday – and that, for example, all causes of terrorism be included among those granted amnesty. linked to the process, without exceptions. In the current text, those convicted of this type of crimes by a final sentence are left out. A draft agreed between the PSOE and Junts in November in which the Republicans see aspects that could be improved.
ERC and Junts are seeking a consensus in the minute of stoppage time so that the law leaves its immediate effects well bound once it comes into force to guarantee that no judge or court can leave the application of the rule in suspense. Those of Carles Puigdemont and those of Oriol Junqueras are also making every effort to make it clear that once they come into force, both national and European search and arrest warrants, as well as any precautionary measures, will be lifted. That would allow him to return to Spain once the law is published.
Today's Commission promises last-minute agreements.
