The PSOE and its allies have rejected within the Board of Spokesmen of Congress to set a date for the controversy of the fee of investigation raised by the PP on the so-called Mediator case and the actions of the previous socialist deputy Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, who needed to depart the seat to the be investigated by the courts. In change, the Socialists have agreed with their companions that the Civil Guard works contracts be analyzed within the bizarre commissions of Congress, the Interior Commission and the Democratic Quality Commission, now that alleged irregularities in awards to sure businessmen are being investigated. within the so-called Cuarteles case.
Appearances might even be thought of to take care of each points, and from the outset the PSOE presents the presence of the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and the director of the Civil Guard, the socialist María Gámez, to tell in regards to the awards of the Armed Institute .
Of course, the effectiveness is rarely the identical if a technique or one other is chosen. The elementary distinction is that appearances in a fee of inquiry are necessary, there are interrogations and mendacity is a criminal offense.
‘Tito Berni’ may very well be known as and never go to Congress
In an bizarre fee, the previous deputy Fuentes Curbelo or the Mediator wouldn’t have any obligation to go to Congress. Something comparable occurs with the request for documentation, which, if it comes from an investigation fee, should be attended to. And, as well as, a fee of investigation ends with some conclusions demanding measures and that tasks be purged.
Throughout this Tuesday, the companions of the Government have been giving totally different variations to justify their rejection of the Board of Spokespersons setting a date for the controversy of the investigation fee requested by the PP on the case.
Bildu started by saying that, in change for rejecting the PP fee, its formation and ERC have been going to ask that this investigation be prolonged to the hiring of the Civil Guard, however then Esquerra spoke of a distinct and particular investigation fee on the Cuarteles case. .
“Getting round” the request of the PP
In truth, the ERC spokesman in Congress, Gabriel Rufián, admitted that it was “very tough” to reject the PP’s request and that because of this they sought an alternative choice to “get round” the “opportunism” with which, in his opinion, they they’re main the favored ones on this matter. He particularly referred to an settlement with PSOE, Unidas Podemos and Bildu to reject the initiative offered by the PP and reorient it in direction of hiring the Armed Institute.
The PSOE, nonetheless, stepped ahead to make it clear that they weren’t going to simply accept a brand new investigation fee, neither on the one generally known as ‘Tito Berni’ nor on the Civil Guard, however reasonably referred the matter to the bizarre commissions.
As defined by the socialist spokesman, Patxi Lopez, they search to “know the reality” of each points however contemplate that, having a judicial investigation and underneath abstract secrecy, the simplest means is to make use of the already current commissions. And he additionally believes that it’s the quickest, since he trusts that Marlaska and María Gámez can seem earlier than the Interior Commission even earlier than Easter. “It is more and more evident that what some incited in opposition to the PSOE has turn out to be the ‘Barracks case'”, he emphasised, desirous to reorient the main target.
PNV: who is aware of the place all of it ends
The PNV spokesman, Aitor Esteban, who was not in that “mess” of negotiations, has acknowledged his skepticism about what Congress is definitely going to review: “I do not know what has ended or what is going to stay” , has identified.
As he defined, his get together is all the time in opposition to investigative commissions on issues which can be underneath judicial investigation as a result of they solely contribute “noise” since Parliament will all the time have much less means than a courtroom. What he doesn’t perceive is that those that wished to analyze the Mediator case now wish to change it to deal with the Cuarteles case.
“If one factor is pressing for them, then each and it expands, proper?” Esteban requested himself, for whom, in any case, it could not be “taboo” for a fee of investigation to hunt political duty for the matter of the barracks or a to review the required reforms on the inner group of the Civil Guard.