- Relationships are good but the process slows political contacts
- The National Court maintains the case for crimes of genocide in the Tibet
Chinese president Jiang Zemin photographed the 20 May 2014EFE
RTVE.es/EFE 21.05.2014
The open case in Spainagainst five former Chinese leaders -among them, Former President Jiang Zemin– For allegedcrimes of genocide and lesa humanity in the Tibet He has stopped the political agenda of Spain in China, As the Spanish ambassador to Beijin said Wednesday, Manuel Valencia, in statements collected by the EFE agency.
The process, now in the hands of theCriminal Chamber of the Spanish National Court, está siendo un "obstáculo" for, For example, theVisit of the President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, a China, whose date has been negotiating for some time. "No lo ha hecho imposible peroIt is stopping it", The diplomat has indicated, quien ha considerado que el momento actual "no es el mejor para hacer un viaje político".
The diplomat does not believe that visits of these characteristics occur until the subject does not close. "Lógicamente, (The situation) has produced a dose of discomfort and Free contacts at a political level", Valencia has affirmed during a meeting with journalists in the Spanish Legation of the Chinese capital, In reference to the order of search and capture ordered by the Spanish judge Ismael Moreno this year against Chinese politicians.
Nevertheless, He recalled that a Senate delegation led by its vice president, Juan José Lucas, visited the Asian country in February this year.
A conflict in the midst of good relationships
Despite the impact on the political agenda, Valencia said that The relationship between the two countries remains good. "Todo funciona bien", The Ambassador has insisted, who recalled the importance that these types of high -level visits have to boost investments.
"It affects many jobs in Spain, direct and indirect, hay muchísimo dinero en juego", The diplomat explained, who remembered the advances made by other countries such as Germany, France, or Portugal -where China has multiplied its investments -.
Promote investment
In all cases mentioned, Political visits to the Asian country have promoted the signing of agreements. The most recent examples are those of travel, last week, of the Portuguese President and French Foreign Minister.
In the case of Portugal, The president achieved a commitment to cooperation and future investment of several Chinese energy companies that have had a determining role in the recent privatization process of some state -owned Lusas, While the French minister reached an agreement between the Chinese Electronic Commerce giant Alibaba and French firms, as well as the sale of airbus aircraft.
Universal jurisdiction
The complaint for the alleged genocide in the Tibet in the eighties and the nineties, He fell to 2006 To the National Court Judge, Ismael Moreno, who the 11 October 2013 theexpanded former Chinese president Hu Jintao.
The past 10 February, Moreno ordered the search and capture for his arrest and entry into unconditional imprisonment of five Chinese communist leaders, Among them former president Jiang Zemin, For crimes of genocide, torture and lesa humanity in relation to repression in the Tibet.
After this decision, China expresó en varias ocasiones su "fuerte malestar" y su "firme oposición" a la decisión de la Justicia española y expresó su deseo de que el Gobierno resolviera "de forma apropiada" This matter.
The day 15 March 2014 He entered into forceAfter being published in the Official State Bulletin (BOE) The reform of the Organic Law of the Judiciary that introduces new limits for Spanish judges to judge, Under the principle of universal justice, Crimes of special gravity committed outside our borders.
Judge Fernando Andreu and the Prosecutor of the High Court showed theirdoubts about the constitutionality of the reform of universal justice, While the six central instructional judges made the decision to address the parties so that they position themselves on the effects of the reform.
The judges of the National Court rebelled against the Automatic Archive of the causes to which the entry into force of the reform affects, on which the Prosecutor's Office already expressed discrepancy in a complaint that sent the State Attorney General, By understanding that this reform limits crimes investigation, lo que a su entender podía ser "en cierta medida" unconstitutional.
