Government believes government should rectify on interventions … – La Vanguardia

Government believes government should rectify on interventions … – La Vanguardia

Barcelona, ​​December 6 (EFE) .- The Minister of Interior and Secretary General of UDC, Ramon Espadaler, has predicted that the government “should rectify” their plans for the interior minister may decide to intervene communications without prior judicial authorization “an intolerable violation of fundamental rights,” he said.

The Government proposes in its draft reform of the Criminal Procedure Act that the Interior or the Secretary of State for Security may agree for reasons of urgency interception of communications in the investigation of particularly serious crimes without prior authorization of the judicial authority.

In this context, Espadaler recalled that “is not the first time the government tries to cross the red line and violate fundamental rights. The case -HA latest added- we have in the bill of public safety that initially contained clearly unconstitutional and arbitrary limitation of the right to protest aspects and, after much fuss, I had to give up back and fix it I predict that in the case of wiretapping by the Minister of Interior, without court approval, will be the same “

.”: the central government will have to rectify. Pretending that the Interior Minister to authorize wiretaps obviating the security provided by the judge, it is more than a nonsense: it is an intolerable violation of fundamental rights, “said Espadaler told Efe

According. the minister, “we have a postmodern version of the ‘kick in the door’ of the law Corcuera. Telephone, essential interventions in many cases by the police investigation should continue under judicial authorization “

Espadaler has invited the Government to correct this issue before referring the Bill to Parliament.” It would be clear that the laudable goal of expediting the Court proceedings not inconsistent with the preservation of fundamental rights sign. “

” In the case of the Public Safety Act, Fernández Díaz rectified late and wrong. Catala, which at this point has started on the wrong foot, have the opportunity to rectify in time, “he concluded.