Editorial: El Español

• The government congratulates itself on an amnesty law which Félix Bolaños describes as a 'global benchmark'.
• The government has conceded to Junts on what were previously non-negotiable points.
• The new amnesty law allows evasion of the Spanish Penal Code in favour of the independentist leaders.
• The offence of treason is included in the amnesty.
• The amnesty includes embezzlement offences where the convict has not personally benefited.
• The legal path to establishing the amnesty will be difficult in Spain and the EU.
• President Pedro Sánchez needs the approval of this law to maintain his position in office.
• The norm is rejected by the majority of Spanish society and notably by PSOE voters.
• The law is an unjust measure designed and pushed by those who have sought to benefit.

Conclusion: The amnesty law does not resolve underlying issues in Spanish society; rather, it gives impunity to those who have committed crimes and silences the voices of those who have suffered. Pedro Sánchez will be remembered in history for this law, but not in the way he imagines.

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