First lesson: when it comes to the Catalan independence movement and its passage through the Spanish justice system, always assuming the worst-case scenario saves a lot of time. For the ingenuous, who still exist, this Tuesday revealed what was more than obvious: the National Audience judge Manuel García Castellón has ordered a transfer to the Supreme Court for the investigation into alleged terrorism offences in the case of the Tsunami Democratic protest platform, a case which includes, among others, the Catalan president-in-exile, Carles Puigdemont, and the secretary general of the Catalan Republican Left (ERC), Marta Rovira. They are not the only ones, but it is the way that the Spanish judiciary can express its opposition to Pedro Sánchez's investiture agreement with Catalan independentism.
Second lesson: the final goal of Spanish justice is none other than to turn whatever Parliament ends up deciding on the amnesty law into a useless document. They, as imaginary guarantors of the Constitution and guardians of the rule of law that Sánchez has put at risk. With the Tsunami case in the Supreme Court, it is easy for the judicial process to begin in Europe once the judge of the court, with the support of the prosecutors (who are old acquaintances of the independentists, since they prosecuted the Supreme Court trial of the pro-independence leaders in 2019) elevates the case to the European Court of Justice. They would not, in principle, have the support of the chief public prosecutor, but it does not seem exaggerated to conclude that the prosecutors of the Supreme Court seem to feel called upon to restore the presumed constitutional order when it is in danger.
Third lesson: José María Aznar's message encouraging everyone to do what they can, reaches out in many directions and its effects tick onward as regularly as a Swiss watch. There is not a day that goes by without some social class or sector feeling called upon to respond. This Tuesday's news on the subject indicates that the Catalan High Court (TSJC) has set the trial for Jové, Salvadó and Garriga for the organization of the 2017 referendum and that the Supreme Court has overturned the chief state prosecutor with regard to the promotion to chamber prosecutor of Dolores Delgado. In this pronouncement against the amnesty law, in addition, there is the use of the Senate, controlled by the People's Party (PP) with an absolute majority, as a weapon against the law: a blockade of the legislation and an amplifier in Europe, thus achieving the longest possible delay and a loudspeaker important enough that it helps the campaign that has already been launched by the Alberto Núñez Feijóo in the Strasbourg parliament. In fact, this very Wednesday this debate is the subject of the European Parliament's plenary and takes place after a fierce fight between the PP and Socialist groups.
Fourth and final lesson: we mustn't allow the trees to stop us from seeing the forest. There is a not-at-all disguised process underway to destabilize Pedro Sánchez and to shorten the legislature as much as possible. The PSOE will do what it has to do, because, without a doubt, it will have to do it. It has enough power and a web of interests to avoid being hit and sunk. Pedro Sánchez's survival skills have been amply tested in recent months, as he has opted for a deal that seemed impossible rather than considering the option of taking a step backward. It is a killer instinct not possessed by Catalan independentism, which, by contrast, is able to end up being seduced by any siren's song and of putting itself in the other side's problem. Rather than getting down to business, rather than getting to the point.