Editorial: El Español

• The State Attorney's Office unequivocally defends the procés sentence in response to questions from the European Court of Human Rights.
• The document supports the proportionality of the sentence in relation to the gravity of the crimes and its conformity with the European Convention on Human Rights.
• The State Advocacy argues that changes in Spanish Penal Code do not alter the conclusion that the sentence was respectful with said Convention.
• It defends the competence of the Supreme Court to dictate the sentence and rejects the claim of the separatist leaders that they were convicted without evidence.
• It denies the violation of Oriol Junqueras's right to his political representation.
• The written indirectly contradicts the exposé of the Amnesty law, upholding that the procés was something more serious than a simple protest movement.

Conclusion: The Advocacy's text does not guarantee a favorable ruling from the ECHR, but it avoids the delegitimization of the sentence and the Supreme Court by another institution of the same State.

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