A moment of the plenary session of Parliament, on Tuesday. DAVID ZORRAKINO - EUROPA PRESS (Europa Press)
The Parliament has agreed to request the appearance of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, on March 3 in the commission of investigation into the espionage of independentistas with the Pegasus program, according to what the Rac1 radio station has advanced this Thursday.
Government sources have already ruled out that the president and the ministers go to the Catalan Chamber because they consider that they have already been explained on several occasions in Congress and the Senate.
At the proposal of ERC, Junts and the CUP, in January the commission included in its work plan the appearances of the Vice Presidents of the Government Nadia Calviño and Yolanda Díaz —with the votes against the PSC and common ones—, of CNI leaders, experts in human rights and lawyers, among others.
Likewise, the Catalan Chamber also requests the appearance of the ministers Fernando Grande-Marlaska and Margarita Robles, the former vice president of the Government Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría and the former delegates of the Government Enric Millo and Teresa Cunillera, together with the current holder of the position, Maria Eugènia Gay .
Government sources have ruled out Sánchez's appearance.
Despite highlighting "the maximum institutional respect" for Parliament, they ensure that the president and his ministers are accountable to Congress and the Senate, spaces where members of the Executive have already responded to multiple questions and appearances on this issue, recall these sources.
The Parliament has already requested the appearances of heads of government on other occasions.
He did it in 2017, citing Mariano Rajoy and Sáenz de Santamaría on the occasion of Operation Catalonia,
also related to espionage against independence.
And he did it again a year later —also citing leaders of the PP government— to give explanations about the application of article 155 of the Constitution, which implied the suspension of self-government in Catalonia.
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