After studying the situation of the past Plenary session, in which the Vox deputy José María Sánchez García was expelled from the hemicycle after bursting onto the rostrum, Congress has concluded that there is no "legal" room for a more serious sanction.
Although the possibility of applying Article 106 of the regulations, which contemplates the expulsion of a deputy for one month, was considered, it was ruled out, as this article should have been invoked at the time and the Vox deputy offered no resistance when he was expelled from the session. On Tuesday afternoon, the second vice-president, Alfonso Rodríguez Gómez de Celis, acted in accordance with Article 104, which establishes that if a speaker is called to order three times in the same session, they will be deprived of the floor and may be expelled.
Despite not being able to apply more serious sanctions, the presidency of Congress has decided to take matters into its own hands and has brought a proposal for an agreement to the meeting of the Board.
The text explains the factual basis, what happened, what was done about the serious disciplinary offense, and the background of Sánchez García, who already starred in an incident in 2024, when he called a socialist deputy a "witch".
From the Presidency of the Chamber they insist that behaviors like the one that occurred "will not be tolerated and will be condemned". Armengol's proposal also urges parliamentary groups to study a reform of the Regulations to provide a "more effective" response. In their opinion, it has become clear that the Regulations do not contemplate some situations.
Sources close to the Presidency indicate that the attacks on Parliament, its Rules of Procedure, or its Presidency "are not accidental". In the document forwarded to the Board and which will also be presented to the Committee, the need to initiate a "profound reflection on the path taken" and to lower the climate of tension is appealed to.