Long live Lanzarote, up with Justice

The PIL doesn't like César Romero Pamparacuatro. Not even a little bit. In fact, judging by the latest press release they have sent from the party, and in which they have outdone themselves, it seems that even the way he walks bothers them...

June 11 2010 (14:02 WEST)

The PIL doesn't like César Romero Pamparacuatro. Not even a little bit. In fact, judging by the latest press release they have sent from the party, and in which they have outdone themselves, it seems that even the way he walks bothers them...

The PIL doesn't like César Romero Pamparacuatro. Not even a little bit. In fact, judging by the latest press release they have sent from the party, and in which they have outdone themselves, it seems that even the judge's way of walking bothers them. And it is that the magistrate's mania for pursuing crime and uncovering corruption in Lanzarote does not fit with the philosophy of Dimas Martín's boys.

They, apparently, are more about covering up "any irregularity or crime" that, according to this press release, their colleagues may commit. Therefore, it is also very clear that there is only one thing they may like even less than Romero Pamparacuatro: the "snitches", which is how they refer to the members of the PIL who have collaborated with the investigation. And it is that dirty laundry, although it stinks, must be hidden at home. Washing it, of course not.

Therefore, they also accuse the magistrate and the UCO of having tried to "weaken and confront the detainees" so that they "snitch" on their colleagues. They don't say to invent things, no. They say to "snitch", taking for granted that what they relate is true. But that, for the PIL, is secondary. The important thing is not to pull the blanket.

You can have a history of charges and even final judgments, but not collaborate with Justice. They don't go there. The same thing happens if a colleague endangers the continuity of the party in power, as Luisa Blanco did by leaving the government group in the minority in the last plenary session. That she is free on bail, it doesn't matter. That she is charged with bribery is secondary. But putting them in trouble in the Consistory, with their partners asking them for explanations, is unforgivable.

These are the particular scales and measuring sticks of the party that, in its peculiar vision of reality, comes to define César Romero Pamparacuatro as a kind of "spy", linked to the "forces of evil" and to "the evil ones of the PSOE, others of CC and even some former PIL members", with the sole objective of "outlawing the PIL". Their statements would be even comical if we were not talking about bribery crimes and the looting of institutions. And it is that no matter how funny the PIL's delusions may be, which they are, it is also inevitable to see the enormous burden of cynicism, hypocrisy, manipulation and lies that their discourse contains.

For example, because until recently they claimed that the PIL is not the party with the most defendants in the "Unión" case, and they recalled to exhaustion that there are many affected socialists. However, now they seem to forget it, and add to the group of "evil ones" without borders to parties that have people who have been arrested, charged or "spied on, listened to and analyzed" in the "Unión" case, as they say they have been. At least, it seems that they have finally understood that after that investigation, where the most corruption has been found is in the ranks of the PIL.

Even, and although the party refers to the UCO almost as a gang of (also Machiavellian) amateurs who found nothing of what they were looking for, the truth is that among many other things, it managed to track down a hidden fortune of Dimas Martín that allegedly amounted to 8.5 million euros. Since that news was published, by the way, the endearing epistles that the leader of the PIL had been sending from prison, also charging against judges, prosecutors, agents and everything that was put in front of him, have not returned to the media.

Now, the party has taken over, and has also found arguments for its campaign in the order of the Provincial Court that released Antonio Machín. Of course, they also insinuate in their statement that this order was motivated by the precedent set by the release of María Isabel Déniz, sister of the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Government of the Canary Islands. And it is that with the former mayor of Arrecife, the Court changed the criteria that it had maintained until now in this case.

In any case, it is surprising to see that, for the first time, the PIL makes a banner of a judicial resolution, even if it is distorting it to its liking and convenience. And despite the fact that it has not accepted even final judgments against Dimas Martín; nor the criteria of the judge, the Prosecutor's Office for the Environment and Urban Planning, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and an elite unit of the Civil Guard in the "Unión" case, it does defend to the extreme the theses of some magistrates of the Court, who in their order clarify that they are unaware of the summary under secrecy of this case.

But according to the PIL, it is "unworthy of a country that boasts of being European" that arrests are made, that detainees are held incommunicado during the time and under the conditions allowed by law, or that the cells are not five-star luxury hotels, with jacuzzi and pay television.

In addition, they complain that they have been "treated like criminals", apparently without even going to the RAE to confirm that a criminal is one who commits a "serious crime". And it is that the problem is that the PIL is used to treating criminals as heroes and messiahs, and seems willing to continue doing so.

To make matters worse, the glorious statement ends with a disturbing "Long live Lanzarote. Up with the PIL". And in the face of that, the response of the people of Lanzarote should only be one: "Long live Lanzarote, yes, and up with Justice". But the one that is written in capital letters.

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