Dear General Counsel of the CJEU, Jean Richard de la Tour, I see that you have supported Judge Pablo Llarena in his conclusions regarding the questions that the Spanish magistrate presented as a result of the decision of the Belgian justice to deny the extradition of counselor Lluís Puig. You, as attorney general, warn that a country, in this case Belgium, cannot assess whether the Supreme Court of Spain is the competent authority to judge Counselor Puig and that, in order to argue the risk of violating a fundamental right, you have to demonstrate systemic and generalized deficiencies in the functioning of the Spanish judicial system.
You warn that, if there is no risk of systemic violation of the fundamental right to a fair trial, appealing to this argument would be nothing more than the expression of distrust towards the courts of the Spanish state, contrary to the principles of trust and mutual recognition in that the foundations of the Euroorder system are sustained.
As I understand it, it is a matter of trust between the member states, so, Mr. de la Tour, does this mean that you have full confidence in the Spanish justice system? I would like to ask you a few questions, since I cannot understand your decision.
In 1936 a coup d’état took place in Spain, its outcome led to a civil war, with the disappearance of more than a million people among dead, exiled and disappeared. Once it was over, a dictatorship of terror was established that lasted forty years, the repression continued against the vanquished.
As an example, in Catalonia alone there were 81,000 people prosecuted, 78,000 accused in court-martial, 3,358 were shot and 648 died in prison. In addition, purges, exiles, concentration camps and the disappeared would have to be taken into account. How about Monsieur de la Tour?
Before the famous transition of 1978 (an exemplary second some said and presumed), an amnesty law was enacted to save their asses from all responsibility, all those who, in one way or another, perpetrated, silenced or ignored the crimes of Francoism .
This law was not recognized internationally and rejected by the United Nations organization. The same UN and Amnesty International quarreled with the government for the illegal law and the lack of investigation of the thousands of corpses, still in the ditches of the entire peninsula. He also criticized Spain for not allowing the investigation and trial of those guilty of crimes under Franco.
The law in Spain is interpreted as «the Spanish«. Not even the Constitution is fulfilled. For twelve years Catalonia has not had the statute of autonomy agreed upon by the Catalan and Spanish parliaments and voted by the people. The Constitutional modified it and annulled some of its articles. What does Monsieur de la Tour think if he knew that they were legal in the Andalusian and Valencian statutes?
How do you explain that Europe has annulled the trials of Atutxa and Otegi? Why in judicial terms are we compared to Turkey or Bulgaria? How is it that three and a half years after its expiration, the judiciary has still not been renewed, with the attention that Europe has given it? Aren’t you aware?
Haven’t you heard about how justice works in Spain lately? Do you know nothing of the collusion that exists between the government, the judiciary and the media, Monsieur de la Tour? I find you to be very misinformed and, in your case, totally inexcusable. Take a few minutes to watch and listen to this video and you will understand how little credibility the justice you value so much has:
If you have paid attention, you will have heard that they decide which may be the most appropriate judges for their interests and if it is convenient to transfer some and replace them with others who are addicted to the cause that interests them most. Many politicians have been harmed by this system, including Artur Mas, President of Catalonia, Xavier Trías, Mayor of Barcelona and Pablo Iglesias, former Vice President of the Spanish government.
If after everything I have told you, you continue to trust the Spanish justice system, its impartiality and total honesty. It is possible that the Belgian justice system knows more than you. From what I just told you, I am attaching a video (many circulate) where it is shown how they get rid of the judge who is not interested and place the one who will solve the ballot for them:
I don’t know what you will think of all this, Monsieur de la Tour, but if I were you I would consider it very seriously before taking, or not, certain decisions. I would advise you, in good faith, to read the book “The Power of Togas” judge emeritus of the Spanish Supreme Court José Antonio Martin Pallin, would know the Spanish judicial situation much better and would be knowledgeable and witness to the raw reality.
Well carefully.
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