Ciudadanos gives PP six 'anti-corruption' conditions before agreeing to negotiate
Thursday, August 11, 2016 @ 1:39 PM
ACTING president Mariano Rajoy's party will vote a week today whether or not to accept the six conditions laid down by centre-right Ciudadanos to ensure its support.
Rajoy has said he 'should not decide on his own' whether to agree to Ciudadanos' leader Albert Rivera's terms, and intends to ask the rest of the right-wing PP to give their views.
Some of the measures proposed will 'include substantial reforms to the Constitution', the consequences of which 'would need to be studied carefully', Rajoy reveals.
Rivera (pictured) says he will only talk to the PP if it agrees for any member in public office to be immediately struck off if he or she is formally placed under investigation for corruption, and for an end to all official pardons or reprieves for those found guilty.
No more high-profile public figureheads, including politicians, judges or royalty, may be subject to diplomatic immunity, Rivera insists.
In practice, this 'diplomatic immunity' means any legal case brought against an individual who holds it goes straight to the Supreme Court, the highest contentious court in the land and the second-highest after the Constitutional Court, the latter of which exists entirely for the purpose of interpreting Spain's Magna Carta and applying it to related queries.
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