Spain: Five separatists left prison to swear like legislators and returned to prison

MADRID.- The

Catalan crisis

added another unusual postcard in Spanish political life, with the oath as legislator of the five
Independents jailed for serious charges against the Constitution to which they promised to comply.

The inauguration of the 350 deputies – among them the prisoners – was the first stage of the conformation of the new Congress and, consequently, of the government, emerged from the

April Elections

past, in which the socialist

Pedro Sánchez

He won comfortably.

The five MPs who left the prison to swear and returned after doing so were the news of the day.

This is an unprecedented and difficult situation for many Spaniards: the five prisoners swore the Constitution which, according to the serious accusations, they were ignored or void of content at the time. declaration of independence missed from almost two years ago. years

Between the applause, the former Catalan President Oriol Junqueras, as well as the former secretaries of the sacked secessionist government Josep Rull and Jordi Turull and the activist Jordi Sánchez entered the hemicycle after being transferred from the prison on the outskirts of Madrid, where they are serving remand.

The fifth prisoner, Raúl Romeva, did the same in the Senate, where he was elected legislator.

It was a day when they pressed their message to the fullest. "Libertad" did they write on their ballot when they chose the authorities of the body. Their votes were void.

Junqueras gave the picture of the day as he approached to greet President Sánchez. A handshake with few words, but loaded with symbolism.

The Spanish government considers the oath of the five prisoners as an acknowledgment of their political rights and the quality of the Spanish democracy.

However, they may not be able to exercise them longer. Most likely, the Congress table suspends them in the performance of their duties. A faculty that corresponds to the deputies who make up the board of directors.

The radical right too. Parallel to the arrival of the five prisoners in Parliament, there was for the first time the entry of about twenty lawmakers of Vox, the radical right-wing party that came into force in recent months.