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The first pertinent consideration after the reopening of the official secrets commission, to which the ERC returned and Bildu and the CUP attended for the first time, is the kneeling of the Government before these parties by discovering part of the security of the State before those who intend to blow it up. The second is the ridicule to which the Government has subjected the person in charge of our intelligence services, Paz Esteban, for the pure political interest of Pedro Sánchez. And the third is to denounce the few minutes it took for the parties, especially ERC, to conveniently reveal and filter the content of a meeting considered secret by law. Among other reasons, because it is a crime that disqualifies with the loss of the seat who incurs leaks.
But that will not happen. No one will denounce, and even less so the state attorney general or the president of Congress, so such an obligation of secrecy will only remain as a useless provision of our legal system.
According to what TV3 advanced yesterday -it is not surprising that it was a Catalan media outlet under the orders of the Generalitat-, Paz Esteban admitted that of the sixty pro-independence leaders apparently spied on, the CNI did investigate eighteen, including Pere Aragonès. But he did not do it illegally or without express authorization from the Supreme Court. In addition, he did it with just cause, to clarify possible connections between separatist leaders and the Tsunami Democràtic movement, which months ago led violent disturbances classified as terrorism. And also, to determine alleged links with the Kremlin that would affect security, since the connections between Carles Puigdemont and members of his party with the Russian regime are, unfortunately, no speculation. However, the CNI says it knows nothing of more than forty hacks through Pegasus, so it cannot be blamed for any illegality. If this had happened, it would be inadmissible for constituting a flagrant illegality. However, the ERC spokesman, Gabriel Rufián, did not take long to speculate and link these episodes with illegal espionage activities from the ‘sewers of the State’.
The question is why is the Government spying on a preferred partner like ERC? And once spied on for his alleged contacts with violent organizations, why does Moncloa continue to negotiate with them, transferring powers to Catalonia and showering the Generalitat with more funds than any other autonomy. The question is why Sánchez gives in to the blackmail of leaders like Aragonès, whom he does not trust and whose phones the CNI taps, presumably with the knowledge of the Presidency of the Government, no matter how legally it was. Such submission can only have one explanation: Sánchez’s survival, even at the cost of opening up State security. After this information, the logical thing would be for ERC to break up with Sánchez. And we can, too. But for now, everything seems like a painful game between ‘angry’ and ‘offended’ that weaken our democracy without anyone relinquishing power.
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George is Digismak’s reported cum editor with 13 years of experience in Journalism