Sánchez will go to the Constitutional Court if Prohens does not reverse the repeal of the memory law

PalmThe Spanish government will take the repeal of the Balearic Islands' democratic memory law to the Constitutional Court if President Marga Prohens does not reverse course. This was announced by the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, in statements made at the first summit against hate, inaugurated by Spanish President Pedro Sánchez, as reported by EFE.

According to the minister, the repeal is a case of the PP's "submission" to Vox. "I regret it, because it wasn't necessary for the PP, once again, to give in to the demands of the far right," he said. "It's clear who's in charge." "Some may hold the presidency, but the others, those who make demands and set conditions, have more power." He explained that he will invite the Balearic government to sit down with the Spanish government to negotiate and reverse the repeal. "If they tell us they won't sit down with us and there's no agreement, the Spanish government will take the matter to the Constitutional Court, requesting that the repeal of the law be suspended," he continued.

However, sources within the Balearic government point out that the law was not promoted by the Balearic government, but by the Vox parliamentary group. Similarly, they point out that bilateral meetings between administrations are usually based on notices of unconstitutionality, but in the case of a repeal, they are unaware of "the subject of negotiation." If the law is ultimately appealed to the Constitutional Court, the Spanish government will do so in accordance with Article 33.2 of the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court, which allows for negotiations between administrations on a law to avoid filing an appeal of unconstitutionality.

The Spanish government has appealed to the Constitutional Court on several occasions. It did so with the repeal of the memory law in Aragon, the so-called "concord" law in the Valencian Community, and the suspension of the Cantabrian memory law, all of which were promoted by the People's Party (PP) and Vox. There is no final ruling in these cases, although the Constitutional Court provisionally suspended the repeal of the Aragon law and certain articles of the other two.