VOTO POR LA LEY DE NIETOS. El TS se antepone al pucherazo de Sánchez: Es más importante que las elecciones sean limpias que el derecho individual al voto.


El presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, este domingo durante un acto del PSOE en Ponferrada.
El presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, este domingo durante un acto del PSOE en Ponferrada. | Carlos Castro / Europa Press

La Sala de lo Contencioso Administrativo del Tribunal Supremo decidió este lunes por cinco votos a uno mantener la suspensión del derecho a voto de los nacionalizados por la llamada ley de nietos (que afectaría a 163.020 personas, según la Abogacía del Estado) al entender que es más importante "preservar la veracidad e inexistencia de irregularidades en el censo electoral" que "el interés particular del ciudadano". Es decir, que el derecho al sufragio no es "de carácter absoluto", sino que está "supeditado al interés general". El Gobierno ya ha mostrado su disconformidad ante la decisión del Supremo y ha advertido que estudiará si procede recurrir ante el Tribunal Constitucional.

Pedro Sánchez ya se temía esa resolución y por ello no se privó en sus mítines de fin de semana de instar al Supremo a aceptar los recursos de la Abogacía del Estado y de la Fiscalía y permitir así el voto de todos aquellos que se hubieran inscrito en el CERA (Censo de Españoles de Residentes Ausentes) en virtud de la llamada ley de nietos.

 🚨 ¿400.000 españoles sin derecho a voto por la LEY DE NIETOS? ⚖️ El  Tribunal Supremo ha intervenido en las inscripciones del censo electoral  exterior (CERA). Pero cuidado: ¡suspender cautelarmente el ...

Sánchez convertirá este fallo, adoptado tras un recurso de Vox y del partido Iustitia Europa, en una de las banderas de su campaña electoral. Simplificando, el presidente cree que la extrema derecha quiere privar del derecho a voto a los descendientes de exiliados españoles por la Guerra Civil y la dictadura de Franco. Y considera que a esa limitación de derechos se ha prestado gustoso el Tribunal Supremo. En un alarde de demagogia, el presidente se preguntó el domingo ante sus seguidores en Ponferrada: "¿Qué significa, que los nietos de los exiliados del franquismo no van a poder votar y los nietos del régimen franquista sí?".

El Supremo responde a Sánchez: es más importante que las elecciones sean limpias que el derecho individual al voto

El presidente olvida mencionar que fue una chapuza de su Gobierno (en concreto de una directora general, Sofía Puente, hermana del ministro de Transportes) la que dio pie a los recursos de Vox y Iustitia Europa. Se trata de una instrucción ministerial que ensanchó lo contemplado en la ley de Memoria Democrática a los descendientes de todos aquellos que hubieran abandonado España entre 1936 y 1955, independiente de que fueran exiliados por razones políticas, de creencias o de orientación sexual, e incluyendo por tanto a los que simplemente su marcharon por motivos económicos. Esa manga ancha desvirtuó la esencia de la norma, que contemplaba la nacionalización como una compensación a los que huyeron de la guerra o de la dictadura. La motivación de esa instrucción ministerial es difícil de explicar. El Gobierno no lo ha hecho, por cierto.

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Lo que está claro es que conceder la nacionalidad y dar derecho a voto a todos los hijos y nietos de los que se marcharon de España durante esos veinte años, independientemente de las razones por las que lo hicieron, supone de facto una alteración del censo injustificada, o contradictoria con lo que suponía la esencia de la ley de Memoria Democrática.

El Tribunal Supremo, en su día, instó a la Administración a depurar ese censo, para determinar los que, efectivamente, tienen derecho a voto porque pueden probar que sus ascendientes huyeron de la guerra o de la dictadura. Pero el Gobierno ha sido incapaz de asumir su obligación, argumentando la complejidad y el tiempo que le llevaría hacerlo. Tras la convocatoria de elecciones anticipadas al 29 de noviembre, la resolución de la duda se convirtió en perentoria. Ahora el Supremo ha tomado una decisión que deja sin derecho a voto a más de 160.000 nacionalizados con arreglo a la ley de Memoria Democrática. La Sala Tercera ha dado un plazo de cinco días hábiles para que los que quieran reclamen, si pueden demostrar que, en efecto, sus padres o abuelos fueron exiliados políticos. Por tanto, no es a estos a los que se quiere privar del derecho a voto, sino a los que no pueden demostrar que tienen derecho a ejercerlo.

Sánchez hará de esta decisión una de las palancas de su campaña. Acusando a la derecha de antidemocrática por privar del derecho a voto a decenas de miles de españoles. Lo hará apelando a la máxima de que el derecho a voto es lo más sagrado en una democracia. Pero el Supremo ya le ha contestado en su resolución: es más importante la limpieza del proceso que el derecho individual al voto. En resumen, que la limpieza de las elecciones, y no cuántos votan, es la mejor garantía de que vivimos en una democracia.

Burnham is in retreat over Russia Brexit 'lies': Boris and Farage blast PM's referendum claim


Prime Minister Andy Burnham was in retreat last night over his 'lies' about Russian interference in the Brexit referendum
The Prime Minister was in retreat last night over his 'lies' about Russian interference in the Brexit referendum.

In an embarrassing U-turn Andy Burnham admitted he has no evidence that the Kremlin meddled in the 2016 vote, a claim he made just 24 hours earlier.

Yesterday Boris Johnson told the Daily Mail that 'Burnham's Brexit lies have come back to bite him'. And Nigel Farage branded Mr Burnham's comments 'outrageous', adding: 'The Prime Minister is a liar.'

Prime Minister Andy Burnham was in retreat last night over his 'lies' about Russian interference in the Brexit referendum

Nigel Farage told a press conference in Kent: 'The Prime Minister is a liar. Yes, a liar'

Nigel Farage told a press conference in Kent: 'The Prime Minister is a liar. Yes, a liar'

Ministers, however, struggled to defend the claim yesterday and Downing Street was eventually forced to clarify that the PM accepts the referendum result was 'legitimate'.

In the Commons yesterday Tory leader Kemi Badenoch demanded the PM 'publish the evidence that Russia swung the result of the 2016 referendum'. She added: 'The Prime Minister implied that the result was illegitimate because of Russian interference. Where has that come from?

'We all remember that in 2018, the head of MI5 said that there was no evidence that Russia had influenced the EU referendum result.

'Even this morning, the Prime Minister's own foreign minister could not say if the evidence existed.'

Mr Burnham insisted he had 'implied no such thing'. He conceded he had no evidence that the Kremlin had influenced the outcome of the vote.

'It is a matter of record that Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 general election, and we think it is inconceivable that this was the first time,' he said.

Mrs Badenoch last night said: 'The busiest job in Westminster is running after the PM with a dustpan and brush, sweeping up whatever he said five minutes earlier.

'Implying the 2016 referendum was illegitimate, until the entire Government communications machine scrambled to clarify what he said... Burnham is all over the place, making statements he clearly hasn't thought through.'

On Monday, Boris Johnson told the Daily Mail that 'Burnham's Brexit lies have come back to bite him' (file image)

On Monday, Boris Johnson told the Daily Mail that 'Burnham's Brexit lies have come back to bite him' (file image)

Ministers in successive governments have repeatedly denied conspiracy theories about Russian involvement in the Brexit result. A 2020 report by the Commons intelligence and security committee found no evidence of successful interference.

In January this year, the security minister Dan Jarvis said: 'Successive governments have not seen any evidence of successful foreign interference in the European Union referendum.'

Last night Mr Johnson accused Mr Burnham of a cynical ploy designed to win over pro-EU Lib Dem and Green voters and said his claims were 'just not true'.

The former prime minister said the security services had assured him in government that Russia had not successfully interfered in the Brexit result, adding: 'Either the security services have changed their view - which would be very odd - or Burnham is lying about what he has been told.'

Mr Johnson told the Daily Mail: 'Burnham will do and say whatever he thinks is expedient. 

'He wants to call an early election and he is trying to give Lib Dem and Green voters enough grounds to believe he might reverse Brexit so that they vote for him.' 

Meanwhile, Mr Farage told a press conference in Kent: 'The Prime Minister is a liar. Yes, a liar. When Boris Johnson became foreign secretary, one of the first questions he asked was, "Was there seen to be Russian interference in the referendum campaign?" And the answer was no.

'There was no Russian interference, and the Russia hoax has run all the way through this... This is an out of touch, out of date Andy Burnham with all sorts of bizarre ideas.'

Pro Brexit supporters celebrate as the United Kingdom exits the EU during the Brexit Day Celebration Party hosted by Leave Means Leave in January 2020

Pro Brexit supporters celebrate as the United Kingdom exits the EU during the Brexit Day Celebration Party hosted by Leave Means Leave in January 2020

Mr Burnham has conceded he had no evidence that Vladimir Putin's country had influenced the outcome of the vote

Mr Burnham has conceded he had no evidence that Vladimir Putin's country had influenced the outcome of the vote

The PM's comments are the latest in a series of interventions seemingly designed to discredit the referendum result as he moves to unpick the Brexit deal.

Speaking to reporters while travelling to New York last month, Mr Burnham stopped short of directly blaming Moscow but claimed that Brexit had been driven by 'outside forces' trying to 'manipulate opinion'.

'I'm reflecting on that last decade,' he said. 'What we've experienced is that turbulence comes when outside actors seek to manipulate, to distort facts [and] influence the British democratic process.'

In a speech to the United Nations the following day, he said Russia was spending £1.3billion a year on manipulating information. 

'We're talking about an insidious campaign that reaches into people's homes and twists what they feel about their own country and community - creating a narrative of decline, stoking division and sowing despair.'

Tory frontbencher Ben Obese-Jecty said the PM was 'clearly laying the groundwork for rejoining [the EU] by casting doubt on the result and throwing red meat to his base'.

Mr Burnham said he would use a summit with the EU in Brussels on November 20 to discuss options for a closer relationship with Europe. He has previously said this could include going 'all the way' and rejoining.

He told the Commons yesterday that the public mood on Brexit had changed since 2016 and insisted the 'British people will be the boss of whatever is decided'.

But he sowed confusion about whether the public would get a direct say on any deal, saying: 'No one... today is proposing a referendum.'

Mrs Badenoch said the PM's bid to cosy up to Brussels made a mockery of his claim during the Makerfield by-election in June that 'the last thing we should do right now is rerun those arguments' about Brexit.

The PM insisted yesterday that a closer deal with the EU could boost growth, telling MPs: 'Sticking with the status quo is not good enough for Britain. Worse, it would be a major dereliction of duty to turn away.

'We need to take a calm, clear-eyed, rational look at the world as it is today, to consider what is best for our country.' He said Labour would stick to its manifesto 'red lines' on the single market, customs union and free movement during this Parliament.

But he refused to rule out a return to free movement after the next election, despite concerns among some Red Wall Labour MPs.

Pendle and Clitheroe MP Jonathan Hinder asked Mr Burnham to guarantee that 'as long as he is Prime Minister, there will be no return to freedom of movement'.

The PM said he would 'fully respect' Labour's manifesto, but added: 'We have to look at the options that are available for the long-term relationship.

'In the next decade, this country needs to know where it is going. There are no assumptions here.'

Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock last night said 'Burnham's objective is to join' the EU again.

A former EU commissioner, he told Italian newspaper La Repubblica: 'He's always been a committed pro-European. In the by-election, he rightly didn't make a noise about it.'


Harry puts a protective arm around Meghan as couple greet fans on first joint public appearance after return to UK

 

Meghan and Harry were cheered as they made their first joint appearance since moving back to the UK today, with a series of royal-style public engagements in Nottingham.

The couple are supporting a number of charities, including a community food project established in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and a recording studio where Meghan will take part in an acting workshop.

Around 100 people and a large number of schoolchildren gathered to greet them as they began three quasi-royal engagements in the East Midlands on Thursday.

The Sussexes looked very happy to be in Nottingham, with Harry putting a protective arm around his wife on their first UK appearance for four years

The Sussexes looked very happy to be in Nottingham, with Harry putting a protective arm around his wife on their first UK appearance for four years

More than 100 people were waiting for the couple in the East Midlands this morning

More than 100 people were waiting for the couple in the East Midlands this morning

Meghan and Harry looked delighted as they were handed bouquets of flowers

Meghan and Harry looked delighted as they were handed bouquets of flowers

The duchess looked delighted with the reception

The duchess looked delighted with the reception

Meghan and Harry greeted excited fans in the city where they made their first riyal engagement in 2017

Meghan and Harry greeted excited fans in the city where they made their first riyal engagement in 2017

The Duchess chatted animatedly with fans

The Duchess chatted animatedly with fans

The couple, who were called 'private citizens' by the King, posed for selfies

The couple, who were called 'private citizens' by the King, posed for selfies

Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrive for a visit to The Community Recording Studio, a youth and community charity supporting young people through creative activities, mentoring and youth development, in Nottingham

Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrive for a visit to The Community Recording Studio, a youth and community charity supporting young people through creative activities, mentoring and youth development, in Nottingham

The royal-style events came after the Sussexes were described as ‘private citizens’ by the King, who is in Wales with the Queen for an official engagement today. 

Nottingham is the city where the couple carried out their first royal walkabout together after announcing their engagement in 2017.

But almost a decade on, Meghan does not see herself as a working royal and is instead more of a ‘full-time mum and entrepreneur’, a friend has said, adding that public events like this with her husband will be ‘rare’ for her.

The Sussexes are visiting three charities, starting with the Community Recording Studio, where Meghan is due to take part in an acting workshop.

The couple will then visit the Himmah food bank alongside the Hubb Community Kitchen and Epic Partners, a charity offering sports mentoring for children aged four to 18.

Hubb, which was established after the Grenfell Tower fire claimed 72 lives in June 2017, has long been a passion project for Meghan. She wrote the foreword to its 2018 cookbook, Together.

There is a ‘really nice synergy’ in their return to Nottingham nine years on, a source said, while adding that things have changed since they were last there.

And Meghan, who was out for lunch with her royal wedding hairdresser in London yesterday, will not be making these kinds of visits often.

'Her public appearances will be relatively rare. She is reading a lot of scripts at the moment. If she has time left after all of that, she will do some charity work,' the Sussex source said.

'But she's not a working royal. Her day isn't organised around a programme pulled together by a private secretary. She's a full-time mum and entrepreneur, and that alone takes up a lot of time and work.'

Meghan is hoping to launch As Ever in the UK by the end of this year.

Harry is focused on his charity work, especially Invictus, while Meghan is more focused on business and her potential return to acting.

'They have different professional priorities,' one source told the Telegraph.

'Prince Harry's is his philanthropic work and public service. Her focus is on her family and children, followed by her business, followed by rebooting her acting career.'

Meghan has been busy in the past fortnight, launching a new advent calendar and a collaboration with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai.

She is donating a day’s proceeds of all jam and tea sales from her Californian brand As Ever to Yousafzai’s charity, the Malala Fund, in honour of the International Day of the Girl on October 11.

Although the Daily Mail's Alison Boshoff revealed that this may end up being less than the £2,000 value of the trousers she wore when they met at Claridge's last week.  

On Sunday, alongside a shot of her grinning at that tea, as Malala looked solemn, the Duchess shared a joint statement from the pair. 

‘When we support the girls today, we empower the women of tomorrow. Access to education is the key to unlocking this,' she said.

She then told her 4.9million followers: ‘This International Day of the Girl, in partnership with Archewell Philanthropies, 100 per cent of net proceeds from As Ever jams and teas will support Malala Fund and its vital work to ensure every girl has access to free safe quality education. Tea for Two has never felt so good. Shop at asever.com’.

Meghan's first UK engagement was at Community Recording Studio (CRS), a youth and community charity that offers a wide range of creative activities, sports, mentoring and youth development programmes

Meghan's first UK engagement was at Community Recording Studio (CRS), a youth and community charity that offers a wide range of creative activities, sports, mentoring and youth development programmes

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, speaks with members of the public as she arrives for a visit to The Community Recording Studio

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, speaks with members of the public as she arrives for a visit to The Community Recording Studio

Harry was in his element as he spoke to local schoolchildren

Harry was in his element as he spoke to local schoolchildren

Harry and Meghan spent some time meeting well-wishers

Harry and Meghan spent some time meeting well-wishers 

The Duchess then spoke to the team running the Community Recording Studio

The Duchess then spoke to the team running the Community Recording Studio

Her office this week declined to confirm any sales figures from Sunday.

Even a generous extrapolation from the only available data suggests a day of proceeds from tea and jam will add around £1,900 to the Malala Fund coffers. 

Despite becoming increasingly active in the UK, including through a number of visits to London, the couple have yet to meet King Charles and remain estranged from the Prince and Princess of Wales.

One source claimed the Sussexes have taken their Christmas plans into their own hands because they 'know they're not invited' to Sandringham.

It would be 'too difficult and awkward' to spend Christmas with the Royal Family, a friend said.

'They won't be having Christmas with the Royal Family. How could that even work? They know it would be too awkward and too difficult. They also know they're not going to be invited, and they're not waiting for an invitation.

'For Thanksgiving and Christmas, they will do whatever Doria wants to do. They would love her to come over to the UK and spend it with them here, but they will be wherever she wants to be.'

The friend added: 'He [Harry] has not yet seen the King, who is still in Scotland, but it will happen.'

The couple are expected to spend the festive period with Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, 70, who lives less than a two-hour drive from their Montecito home.

Meghan with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala after a ‘private’ tea at Claridge’s last week

Another friend told the Daily Mail that the Sussexes are trying to 'keep their heads down between now and Christmas', when they will return to California for the holidays.

Harry and Meghan are understood to be planning to spend school holidays and half-term breaks either in California or Portugal, where they also own a property.

Ms Ragland has been a constant presence in the family's life since the couple stepped down as senior royals and relocated to the United States in 2020. She lives in a bungalow in an affluent residential area outside Los Angeles and has formed a particularly close bond with her grandchildren.

As for Archie and Lilibet's other grandparents, King Charles and Queen Camilla saw them in person for the first time in four years at Highgrove in July.

It is understood Harry remains in contact with his father by phone. The monarch is enjoying an extended summer and autumn break at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

Harry and the Prince of Wales have not spoken since 2022.

La tristemente fallecida, Maricarmen acusó a Pedro Sámchez como responsable de su desahucio.

 

Maricarmen, símbolo de la lucha por la vivienda, fallece a los 87 años  https://f.mtr.cool/7p5snmzmsl

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La izquierda, con el PSOE y las inquilinas de protagonistas, han encontrado su mártir para redoblar la campaña electoral contra “los fondos buitre y los especuladores” de la vivienda. La muerte de Maricarmen, la mujer de 87 años desahuciada de su casa de Retiro, ya está siendo utilizada como bandera en las movilizaciones sociales que protagonizan la campaña electoral. Después de convocar una inaudita huelga general contra la Oposición, como ha reconocido María Jesús Montero, también el fallecimiento de la mujer se manipulará sin pudor para culpar al PP y a Vox por tumbar en el Congreso los decretos de vivienda aprobados por el Gobierno. Tanto como para  acusar a los partidos de la derecha de “asesinato”.

La instrumentalización política de la muerte de Maricarmen, además de aberrante, es falsa. Primero, porque según los activistas del llamado Sindicato de Inquilinas, la muerte se debe “a la legislación aberrante y retrógrada”. Pero esa legislación ha estado en vigor durante los 8 años del Gobierno “progresista”. Y también su instrumentalización es falsa, porque la mujer que acaba de morir culpó al Gobierno y al presidente de su desahucio por sus políticas contra la vivienda. En una entrevista, llegó a declarar que Pedro Sánchez era el responsable de tener que abandonar su casa:”No se entera de la cantidad de desahucios que hay cada día. No se entera o no quiere enterarse de nada”, dijo. Sin embargo, nada más conocerse su fallecimiento, el Gobierno ha salido en tromba para señalar a los partidos que derogaron los decretos de “torturar”, incluso de “asesinar” a la mujer.

El desahucio de Maricarmen, en fin, ya ha servido a la izquierda española, en mínimos históricos según todas las encuestas, para lanzar una operación de guerra psicológica obscena destinada a desviar la atención de la invasión de Ceuta, de la corrupción que embadurna al Gobierno, de atacar a la propiedad privada y para hacer ruido y servir a Pedro Sánchez en su campaña electoral, a pesar de que durante sus 8 años de Gobierno se han destruido más del 80% de los pisos de alquiler y de ostentar el récord de ser el presidente que menos obra pública ha construido. Y, como ya hemos denunciado, la mejor prueba es la convocatoria de huelga general de CCOO y UGT, la primera desde 2012 y la primera de la historia que se celebra contra la oposición, no contra el Gobierno, el responsable de los problemas económicos y, en este caso, de la crisis de la vivienda que se ha convertido en el principal problema de los españoles, según todas las encuestas.

Al final y por AGONÍA, Pedro Sánchez convoca elecciones para el 29 de Noviembre. 29N

 Pedro Sánchez convoca elecciones tras la caída del decreto de vivienda:  España votará el 29 de noviembre | El PAÍS Exprés | EL PAÍS

 Juan Pardo Navarro

Pedro Sánchez ha respondido a la lógica y a su fatal atracción por el riesgo: ha convocado elecciones para el próximo 29 de noviembre a pesar de que los sondeos, también los que maneja Moncloa, dan a la derecha como probable ganadora.

El presidente es hombre acostumbrado a vivir en tensión. La derrota en el Congreso de los dos decretos sobre vivienda la semana pasada le dejó sin margen de maniobra. Contaba con el "sí" de Junts para alargar la legislatura, pero Puigdemont, que ya prepara las maletas para volver a España, no está dispuesto a que los catalanes le vean como el salvador de Sánchez.

No hubo, por tanto, jugada maquiavélica, sino simplemente una derrota parlamentaria no esperada. A cambio –hacer de la necesidad virtud es uno de sus lemas favoritos– el presidente se encontró con la calle movilizada por un problema como la vivienda, en el que la demagogia prende con facilidad. Óscar Puente lo resumió con su magistral simpleza: las elecciones se deciden entre la V de vivienda y la B de buitre.

Desde el desahucio de Maricarmen, la agenda política ha girado en torno a la vivienda. Ceuta y la corrupción han quedado en un segundo plano. Sánchez no se hubiera imaginado un escenario mejor para él hace tan sólo quince días.

Ese giro copernicano de la atención mediática hacia los desahuciados implica también el coste de hacerle la ola a los concentrados en Sol, al Sindicato de Inquilinas y a la extrema izquierda. El debate en el Congreso sobre los dos decretos nos mostró el renacer de la lucha de clases y, lo que es más grave, la dialéctica de la deslegitimación del parlamento. Ione Belarra fue la que con más claridad definió el nuevo paradigma: la calle puede más que el Gobierno y el Congreso. La portavoz del Sindicato de Inquilinas de Madrid, Alicia del Río, en la misma línea que la líder de Podemos, dijo ayer que "el Congreso está vendido a los intereses de los rentistas". "El Gobierno tiene que escuchar a la calle y al pueblo", enfatizó. Volvemos a la vieja cantinela del 15-M: "No nos representan".

Hace quince años, el PSOE tuvo mucho cuidado de no hacerse eco de esos lemas antisistema. La sensatez la pagó a un precio muy alto. Podemos se llevó la rentabilidad política del 15-M y el PSOE se desplomó.

La diferencia ahora no está en los eslóganes –que son prácticamente iguales a los del 15-M–, sino en que el PSOE ha decidido ponerse a la cabeza de la manifestación.

Sánchez sabe que lo que va a aprobar el Consejo de Ministros atenta, no contra la legalidad, sino contra la decencia política

El riesgo que corre el PSOE al olvidar a su base de centro izquierda, a su votante más centrado. Ahora no tengo dudas de que Sánchez ha decidido jugárselo todo a la baza de la demagogia, del izquierdismo más infantil. Sin importarle los métodos.

No sabía yo el sábado lo que se estaba cociendo en Moncloa. Fue Juanma Romero el primero en informar del plan del Gobierno para llevar a la Diputación Permanente los dos decretos derrotados en el Congreso, maquillados un poquito para que no sean exactamente iguales. La treta puede ser legal, pero indica una falta de escrúpulos democráticos que iguala al PSOE con sus socios de la izquierda radical: el fin justifica los medios.

Por supuesto que Sánchez sabe que lo que va a aprobar este martes el Consejo de Ministros atenta contra la más mínima decencia. Pero no le importa. Al menos uno de los decretos se aprobará en la Diputación Permanente (con la complicidad vergonzante del PNV) y se creará una situación insólita. Con unas elecciones generales en puertas, en las que lo más probable es que gane la derecha, el gobierno y sus socios pergeñan una añagaza para poder decirles a los movilizados, "¡aquí tenéis!, estamos dispuestos a todo con tal de dar satisfacción a vuestras reivindicaciones". Esta decisión del Consejo de Ministros será un acto central de campaña. No sólo por lo que se aprueba, sino por la manera en que de hacerlo: vulnerando la lógica parlamentaria, de espaldas a la mayoría de la Cámara.

En paralelo, el Gobierno ha ordenado a la Policía Nacional que desaloje las playas y las calles de Ceuta, en una decisión que nos hace preguntarnos: ¿por qué no se hizo antes? ¿Por qué ha esperado Marlaska dos meses para intentar devolver la tranquilidad a los ceutíes?

Sin duda, esos desalojos y la visita de los reyes a Ceuta y Melilla la semana próxima bajarán la tensión sobre el ataque a la integridad territorial de España por parte de Marruecos. Además, los tribunales van a ralentizar –como ya se ha hecho otras veces– las causas que afecten al PSOE para que sus decisiones no incidan en la campaña electoral. Otro frente que, al menos momentáneamente, se difumina.

Sánchez tiene pues el mejor escenario posible dentro de su situación terminal. Movilización, campaña centrada en vivienda y arrinconamiento de la alternativa (el PP) en la extrema derecha. Buenos versus malos. Los que están en el lado correcto de la historia y los que merecen estar en el basurero de la historia.

Estas son las líneas maestras de una campaña que ya ha empezado y que va a poner a prueba la sangre fría de los españoles.

Nada está escrito. Mucho menos el resultado del 29-N. Sánchez quiere repetir la hazaña de 2023 y lograr una mayoría, sumando extrema izquierda e independentistas, contra todo pronóstico. El presidente se juega mucho y va hacer lo que sea por permanecer en el poder. El 5 de octubre lo recordaremos como una fecha agridulce. Por un lado, se abre la expectativa del cambio; pero, por otro, nos adentramos en la campaña más tensa y más demagógica de todas las que hemos vivido en España.

Christa Pike's recovery after botched execution leaves 'questions that have never been asked' as Tennessee governor yet to rule on repeated requests to commute her sentence


Christa Pike's recovery after botched execution leaves 'questions that have never been

Juan Pardo Navarro

Tennessee faced calls to abandon the execution of Christa Pike on Tuesday as the convicted killer became conscious in the hospital after her botched execution.

The 50-year-old had to be hooked up to a ventilator after the state failed to execute her through lethal injection on September 30.

But nearly a week later, the killer's attorneys said that she is reportedly 'conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care.'


Christa Pike is awake and speaking in the hospital after her botched execution on September 30. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of her Knoxville Job Corps classmate Colleen Slemmer

Christa Pike is awake and speaking in the hospital after her botched execution on September 30. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of her Knoxville Job Corps classmate Colleen Slemmer

Pike is currently at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (pictured) receiving critical care, her attorneys said

Pike is currently at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (pictured) receiving critical care, her attorneys said

Governor Bill Lee has yet to respond to repeated requests from Pike's attorneys and death penalty objectors to commute her sentence to life in prison

Governor Bill Lee has yet to respond to repeated requests from Pike's attorneys and death penalty objectors to commute her sentence to life in prison 

Pike was injected by at least seven needles as medical staff attempted to give her two lethal doses of pentobarbital that left her arms 'swollen, burned, and blistered,' her attorneys previously revealed.

According to a motion filed after the botched execution, 'At one point, Ms Pike herself offered guidance on where the IV team could attempt access; one needle was bent at a 90-degree angle when it was removed.'

Her lawyers stated she was administered two sets of syringes of the lethal drug and could be heard crying, whimpering and breathing loudly throughout the process.

During the procedure, she said: 'My arm feels like it's about to burst open,' and at another point, asked: 'Does this happen like that?'

Tennessee's execution protocol calls for a secondary set of drug syringes to be administered 'if the inmate is not deceased' after the first set. It does not spell out what happens if the subject is alive after the second set. 

Nearly 80 years earlier, the Supreme Court considered whether a state could execute an inmate for a second time after a failed execution in Louisiana.

Willie Francis was 17 years old when the state first attempted to execute him in the electric chair in 1946, but the device failed to deliver enough current. 

After a year, the Supreme Court ruled in 1947 that the failed execution had been an accident and that a second attempt did not amount to cruel and unusual punishment.  

He was successfully executed later that year.

Pike has been on death row for 30 years after she was convicted of the 1995 murder of her Knoxville Jobs Corp classmate Colleen Slemmer (pictured)

Pike has been on death row for 30 years after she was convicted of the 1995 murder of her Knoxville Jobs Corp classmate Colleen Slemmer (pictured) 

The governor ordered an independent investigation into Pike's case and cancelled the only other remaining lethal injection for this year

The governor ordered an independent investigation into Pike's case and cancelled the only other remaining lethal injection for this year

However, legal experts argued Pike's case falls under different circumstances because months before the execution her attorneys warned that officials could struggle to access her small veins. 

Columbia Law School professor Bernard Harcourt told USA Today that a second attempt could 'arguably violate double jeopardy.'

'What's interesting about that case is that the Supreme Court said it was an accident and, "You get to do it again,"' Harcourt said in reference to the Francis case. 

'Christa Pike wasn't an accident. They knew.'

Pike's attorneys said they believed problems with the IV lines caused the pentobarbital to flow into her body instead of her bloodstream.

'Apparently at no point did any member of the execution team realize that the IV lines were not correctly placed or that the veins had blown and that the pentobarbital was, in whole or in part, entering Ms Pike's body,' the lawyers wrote in the court filing.

Instead of 'remedying this failure,' they prepared and administered a backup set of pentobarbital syringes, they wrote.

Maher told the outlet a second execution would 'likely be unconstitutional.' 

'Of all the unknowns we have at the moment, the only thing I'm certain of is that she should not be subject to a second one,' she added. 

Pike's then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp (left), and an accomplice, Shadolla Peterson (right), also helped lure Slemmer to a wooded area before the couple tortured her to death

Pike's then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp (left), and an accomplice, Shadolla Peterson (right), also helped lure Slemmer to a wooded area before the couple tortured her to death

Pike  could be heard crying, whimpering and breathing loudly throughout the procedure

Pike  could be heard crying, whimpering and breathing loudly throughout the procedure

The governor ordered an independent investigation into Pike's case and cancelled the only other remaining lethal injection for this year.

Her health update comes just days after Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada announced he would step down from his role later this month.

The former prison chief oversaw Pike's attempted execution.

Strada said it was a 'great honor' to serve in his position and that he still 'believes the Department carried out its responsibilities in accordance with the established protocol.'

'Even so, stepping aside is in the best interest of Tennesseans as the independent review moves forward,' he said.

Pike's lawyers are seeking to have all evidence from her botched execution preserved so they can ensure accountability and protect her legal rights.

'We are working closely with those closest to Christa to respect her wishes, safeguard her privacy and protect her rights as a patient during this extraordinarily difficult time,' said Luke Ihnen, attorney for Pike with Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee. 

Tennessee's execution protocol does not outline what should be done if an inmate survives two lethal injection doses. The execution chamber where Pike was supposed to die is pictured

Tennessee's execution protocol does not outline what should be done if an inmate survives two lethal injection doses. The execution chamber where Pike was supposed to die is pictured

Pike also took a piece of Slemmer's skull (pictured in court during her murder trial) as a souvenir, according to investigators

Pike also took a piece of Slemmer's skull (pictured in court during her murder trial) as a souvenir, according to investigators

'We ask that the public and the media respect that privacy as well.'

Pike has been on death row for 30 years after she was convicted of the 1995 murder of her Knoxville Job Corps classmate Colleen Slemmer.

Pike's boyfriend at the time, Tadaryl Shipp, helped lure the victim to a wooded area before the couple tortured her to death.

An accomplice, Shadolla Peterson, was on lookout as the pair carved a pentagram into the teen's chest, police evidence showed.

Pike also took a piece of her skull as a souvenir, according to investigators.

Slemmer attempted to run for her life but the couple captured her again and continued the gruesome torture that lasted about 30 minutes to an hour, Pike estimated.

Pike and Shipp were both found guilty of first-degree murder. She was sentenced to death, and he received a life sentence with the possibility of parole.

El recibo de la luz, en España, se paga el doble que el año pasado y....SEGUIRÁ SUBIENDO...

 

Precio de la luz hoy, 30 de septiembre

La imparable escalada de la luz: ya se paga al doble de precio que hace un año.

El mercado mayorista ha más que duplicado el coste de la energía respecto a hace un año y sólo los mecanismos de amortiguación permiten modular las facturas

El otoño se anuncia energéticamente complicado para empresas y hogares. Sin duda, la factura de la luz será uno de los factores que podría dificultarlo sobremanera. En el mes de septiembre que acabamos de dejar atrás, se ha pagado el precio más elevado del año en el mercado mayorista de energía (pool): 143,7 euros/MWh, lo que supone más del doble de los 61,2 euros/MWh que se pagaban hace justo doce meses. Y lo peor es que la tendencia que auguran los expertos es que la situación siga al alza.

Estas cifras sitúan el precio del mercado mayorista de la electricidad en niveles similares a los de septiembre de 2022, cuando la media mensual alcanzó los 141 euros/MWh. Un valor que en aquel momento estuvo amortiguado por la aplicación de la llamada ‘excepción ibérica’, que permitió contener las cotizaciones tras meses con costes medios extraordinarios.

Actualmente nos aproximamos más al escenario de septiembre de 2021, cuando el precio medio en el mercado mayorista alcanzaba los 156,15 euros/MWh. Para hoy, primer día de octubre, el precio medio de la luz se situará en 152 euros/MWh. La jornada registrará un pico máximo de 258 euros/MWh a partir de las 20:00 horas, mientras que las horas valle descenderán hasta algo menos de los 40 euros/MWh, entre las 12:30 y las 15:30 horas.

Por encima de 100 euros/MWh todos los días

A esta volatilidad diaria se suma un escenario internacional complejo y un verano marcado por olas de calor sostenidas que dispararon la demanda de climatización. La baja producción eólica registrada el mes pasado por la falta de viento, sumada al encarecimiento del gas natural y al elevado coste de los derechos de emisión de CO2​, han terminado por consolidar la subida del pool.

En septiembre, el precio medio del pool energético ha superado los 100 euros/MWh todos los días. La tendencia al alza se ha intensificado durante el verano: en julio el precio medio fue de 104,7 euros/MWh, en agosto subió a 118 euros/MWh y ahora en septiembre se sitúa en 143,7 euros/MWh.

Esta evolución no se traslada íntegramente al recibo del usuario. Desde el 1 de enero, el precio de la tarifa regulada (PVPC) se calcula vinculando un 55% a los mercados de futuros (precios pactados a meses o un año vista), dejando un 45% al reflejo del mercado diario. Este mecanismo modula el impacto de las oscilaciones puntuales.

Evolución de la factura media de luz: de 81 a 104 euros en un año.

Pese a ello, las facturas medias de la luz se han incrementado de forma notable. Según estimaciones de la OCU y FACUA, el coste medio ha pasado de 81,4 euros hace un año a 104,2 euros para un hogar tipo con 4,4 kW de potencia contratada y un consumo anual de 3.200 kWh.

Ante esta situación, el Gobierno ha articulado medidas fiscales de contención. En la electricidad, se acuerda rebajar el IVA del 21% al 10% al haber superado la tarifa media un incremento interanual del 15%. Asimismo, el Impuesto Especial sobre la Electricidad (IEE) se recorta del 5,1% al 0,5%, reduciendo en quince puntos la carga impositiva global del recibo.

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