Santos Cerdán declared in the Senate that "There is a before and after the photo with PuigdemontA man facing prison defends himself as best he can, and in these times in Spain and the world, that amounts to saying his prosecution is political. Yes: when Pedro Sánchez abandoned him, Cerdán was left reeling. Therefore, it's pertinent to ask whether there's nothing to the alleged corruption, or whether corruption and Cerdán's judicial persecution are simultaneously compatible with an amnesty law, said the Vox senator questioning him. Perhaps he didn't realize the gravity of what he was admitting. fachoferaHe spoke with the offended tone of the coup-plotting generals, insisting: "There is something crucial for which you and your entire government should be tried, and that is having granted amnesty to coup plotters who wanted to break up Spain." Cerdán had just been handed the opportunity on a silver platter: "I've said that from the beginning. You're right about that: it all stems from here."

The scandals surrounding the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), involving corruption and instances of gender-based harassment, are not only deeply concerning because they call into question the integrity of the political system and undermine public trust, but also foreshadow an increasingly likely shift in power towards the far right. To this context must be added judicial decisions incompatible with the rule of law, to put it mildly. Some experts, such as former magistrate José Antonio Martín Pallín, have openly spoken of judicial coups. The most grotesque recent episode has been the Supreme Court's ruling that convicted former Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz after a highly substandard investigation. The five justices who voted in favor of the conviction belong to the most conservative wing of the judiciary.

Daniel Escribano (Palma, 1978) holds a PhD in sociology and is a translator. He has published Political trials under Spanish militant democracy (Documenta Balear), in which he analyzes four judicial processes: the conviction of Batasuna senator Miguel Castells for pointing the finger at the government for the dirty war against ETA, the case of the siege of the Parliament in 2011, the case against Valtónic and the judicial repression of the Process.

The prosecutor in the Pujol family trial stated this morning that "Political issues cannot be introduced into a procedural, legal, and substantive matter such as the investigation and prosecution of crimes." The statement is so perfect that if you asked an actor to say it... Poland And adding canned laughter in the background would work as a gag.