El encaje de la amnistía: análisis de la proposición de ley orgánica de 20 de marzo de 2024 sobre la amnistía para la normalización institucional, política y social en Cataluña

Calvet Puig, Júlia

El encaje de la amnistía: análisis de la proposición de ley orgánica de 20 de marzo de 2024 sobre la amnistía para la normalización institucional, política y social en Cataluña

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Calvet Puig, J. El encaje de la amnistía: análisis de la proposición de ley orgánica de 20 de marzo de 2024 sobre la amnistía para la normalización institucional, política y social en Cataluña. 2024. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60959

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The conflict between Catalonia and Spain has been present for decades, and the resulting consequences have not only been political, economic, and social but, above all, legal. A clear example is the proposed amnesty law. This measure of grace differs from a pardon in its effects, as it does not act on the penalty but rather modifies the legal classification of the facts retroactively and exceptionally for specific cases. Amnesty as a measure in general, and the proposed law currently being processed in particular, present problems of legal justification, given that its application may violate fundamental principles and rights such as the separation of powers, legal certainty, equality before the law, effective judicial protection, and the primacy of community law, among others. Additionally, its problematic nature is mainly based on the lack of a real legitimate purpose as well as the use of an urgent procedure that prevents a measure whose aim is to achieve reconciliation in turbulent times from being adopted by broad majorities and through a debate between the opposing parties. Therefore, it is concluded that this amnesty law is unconstitutional.