The Supreme Court has decided to archive a complaint filed by Vox, together with several complaints, against the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Council of Ministers for their actions in response to the massive entry of people into Ceuta from Morocco at the end of July. The members of the Executive were attributed alleged crimes of dereliction of duty and administrative prevarication in the management of that border crisis.
As detailed in an order to which Europa Press has had access, the Criminal Chamber agrees to reject the complaint of the party led by Santiago Abascal, as well as three complaints by Manos Limpias and two others filed by individuals. The court concludes that there are not sufficient elements that “justify directing now a procedure against the individuals complained against and denounced.”
The Supreme Court specifies that the different legal qualifications proposed by the complainants do not exempt from the obligation to state what role each of the persons identified would have played in the investigated events.
“The documents and information gathered in the filings show the need to examine what happened, but they do not allow, at this time, to transfer the responsibility for what happened to all of the privileged individuals who are being accused by the complainant and the complainants,” highlights the resolution of the Criminal Chamber.
At the same time, the high court points out that this decision “does not imply a definitive declaration of lack of criminal unlawfulness of the facts nor of the inexistence of criminal liability of the accused or complainants.”
The order adds that “if, from the investigation carried out” in the National Court regarding the events “objective data are found that make it possible to identify a criminally relevant participation by any privileged person,” it will correspond to the investigating judge, María Tardón, to forward to the Supreme Court “the reasoned submission, so that it may rule on its competence and on the initiation of the procedure.”