Spain's rule of law crisis: TC veto and lenient drunk driving verdict
PP accuses Conde-Pumpido of blocking EU justice, prosecutors challenge Sánchez brother's imputation, and a drunk driver avoids prison.
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Spain's rule of law crisis: from Constitutional Court veto to suspended sentence for drunk driver
Claiming that the rule of law no longer exists in Spain sounds like tavern talk. But facts support those who say so. The PP has taken Congress and the Government to the Constitutional Court (TC) for vetoing Senate amendments, accusing President Cándido Conde-Pumpido of preventing the Seville Audiencia from consulting European courts on the ERE scandal. "Sánchez acts as a petty dictator," they denounce. Additionally, prosecutors appealed the fruta of Pedro Sánchez's brother, arguing the judge failed to specify evidence or crimes.
The bitter case: drunk driver fined €6,000 instead of jail
The final straw is a Marbella ruling. On March 13, 2021, an intoxicated driver went wrong-way on the A-7 highway, killing a motorcyclist. The provincial court suspended her prison sentence in exchange for paying €6,000, staying crime-free for five years, and proving rehabilitation. Not a single day in jail. Meanwhile, common crimes face harsh penalties. The perception of a two-tiered justice system spreads.
Gender violence: presumption of innocence revoked?
In gender violence cases, lawyers argue women's testimony enjoys automatic credibility. "If women must always be believed, trials are unnecessary," they summarize. Since 2004, the TC established jurisprudence allowing unequal treatment of men and women in certain contexts. Combined with selective pardons and perceived impunity in traffic offenses, this fuels the thesis that public law pillars have been declared void.
An uncertain horizon
Someone said ballots are no longer the solution. Perhaps exaggerated, but the sense of crossing a point of no return is real. With a questioned Constitutional Court, prosecutors acting as counter-power, and cases seeming to depend on the accused's identity, Spain's state of law wobbles. If nothing changes, institutional fracture will only worsen.
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Claiming that the rule of law no longer exists in Spain sounds like tavern talk. But facts support those who say so. The PP has taken Congress and the Government to the Constitutional Court (TC) for vetoing Senate amendments, accusing President Cándido Conde-Pumpido of preventing the Seville Audiencia from consulting European courts on the ERE scandal. "Sánchez acts as a petty dictator," they denounce. Additionally, prosecutors appealed the fruta of Pedro Sánchez's brother, arguing the judge failed to specify evidence or crimes.
The bitter case: drunk driver fined €6,000 instead of jail
The final straw is a Marbella ruling. On March 13, 2021, an intoxicated driver went wrong-way on the A-7 highway, killing a motorcyclist. The provincial court suspended her prison sentence in exchange for paying €6,000, staying crime-free for five years, and proving rehabilitation. Not a single day in jail. Meanwhile, common crimes face harsh penalties. The perception of a two-tiered justice system spreads.
Gender violence: presumption of innocence revoked?
In gender violence cases, lawyers argue women's testimony enjoys automatic credibility. "If women must always be believed, trials are unnecessary," they summarize. Since 2004, the TC established jurisprudence allowing unequal treatment of men and women in certain contexts. Combined with selective pardons and perceived impunity in traffic offenses, this fuels the thesis that public law pillars have been declared void.
An uncertain horizon
Someone said ballots are no longer the solution. Perhaps exaggerated, but the sense of crossing a point of no return is real. With a questioned Constitutional Court, prosecutors acting as counter-power, and cases seeming to depend on the accused's identity, Spain's state of law wobbles. If nothing changes, institutional fracture will only worsen.
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