ERC reaches an agreement with the PSOE on the future amnesty law

2023-10-31 23:21:19

ERC and the PSOE have closed an agreement on the future amnesty law for the inauguration of Pedro Sánchez. The Catalan nationalist formation announced this in a statement. During this Tuesday afternoon, the acting President of the Government and the President of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, held a telephone conversation.

Both parties are “moving decisively” towards an agreement for the legislature. Under the framework of the investiture negotiations, Sánchez and Aragonès have “unlocked” the details of the “future amnesty law.” ERC says that “both formations have been satisfied with their expectations. Also with the “political principles” of this norm. Sources from Ferraz assure Antena 3 Noticias that there is “satisfaction” with the agreement, which is “another step.” still close the agreement with Junts per Cat for the standard.

The amnesty law will be registered soon in the Congress of Deputies, according to ERC. Both presidents have delegated the final closure to their respective negotiating teams. This agreement contains “political and economic issues to be developed during the legislature.”

The agreement comes just a few hours after learning that the PSOE plans to register the amnesty law before the inauguration of Pedro Sánchez. The acting President of the Government has defended the measure for coexistence and reunion in Catalonia.

Meanwhile, the Popular Party and Alberto Núñez Feijóo describe the image of the Secretary of Organization of the PSOE, Santos Cerdán, with Carles Puigdemont as “humiliation and surrender.” Both met in the European Parliament to talk about the investiture. Sánchez will also need the support of Junts per Cat.

Reunion in Catalonia

Sánchez defended before the socialist militants that the amnesty is “the correct path” for the reunion, “as proven by the success of measures adopted in the last legislature.” Measures that – states the President – have contributed “undeniably to improving coexistence in Catalonia.”

Now Catalonia “is ready for a total reunion, as evidenced by the fact that more than 80% of Catalan society asks to continue advancing along this path.” “For that reason, in the name of Spain, in the interest of Spain and in defense of coexistence between Spaniards, I defend the amnesty in Catalonia for the events that occurred in the last decade. We are not going to count on the support of the right that , once again, gets out of the way at a crucial moment for Spain. But I am certain that time will prove us right,” the acting President clarified.