The three magistrates of the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) who make up the control commission of popular legislative initiatives (ILP) of the Parliament of Catalonia have submitted their resignations. The three judges are Francisco José Sospedra Nava, who was president of the commission and is a judge in the Administrative Litigation room, Xavier Bonet Frigola, a judge in that same room, and Amparo Illán Teba, a judge in the Social room of TSJC.
This Tuesday, the Board received the document informing them of the resignation of the three judges and now the Chamber has asked the Catalan high court to appoint three other members for that body, which ensures control of the judicial proceedings. collection of signatures in the ILP.
This resignation comes after last February the governing body of the institution processed an ILP that provides for a unilateral declaration of the independence of Catalonia after agreeing to recognize it with the international community. This is a proposal from the extra-parliamentary force Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència, which was represented in that Chamber between 2010 and 2012 and already tried without success to have the same text approved.
The ILP control commission, which ensures the regularity and legality of the signature collection processes, is made up of three members of the TSJC, three professors of Constitutional Law or Political Sciences and three jurists. The secretary of that body, in addition, is a lawyer from the Parliament, Rubèn Ramírez. The president of said commission is one of the judges.
The other members of the commission are professors Jordi Capo (UB), Eva Anduiza (UAB) and Albert Noguera (Universitat de València) and the jurists Alicia Ramos, Daniel Fernández Cañueto and Eusebi Campdepadrós, who is also a former member of JxCat.
