The Community of Madrid reports Francisco Martín, former government delegate, for not clearing the camp at the Puerta del Sol.
According to moncloa.com, the Community of Madrid has taken the camp at Puerta del Sol to court through criminal proceedings. The complaint is not against a protester, but against Francisco Martín, the government delegate in Madrid until his resignation this week.
The government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso will file the complaint with the Madrid Court of First Instance for an alleged crime of administrative prevarication, for failing to act or clear the settlement, and for another of omission of the duty to pursue crimes. This was announced by the regional spokesperson and Minister of the Presidency, Miguel Ángel García.
According to the Community, around the tents there have been sexual and physical assaults, attacks on property, illegal possession of weapons, hate crimes, threats, and insults against the regional president. The regional government argues that the Delegation should not have tolerated the camp and that by allowing it, it incurred in unlawful inaction.
The camp has been in the square for over a month. Before pursuing criminal action, the Community had already appealed the Delegation's inaction in the administrative contentious. The appeal, filed on October 1, requested precautionary measures for immediate eviction, but the Madrid High Court of Justice rejected that quick solution.
The complaint comes after Martín resigned this week, having not been included in the PSOE lists for Madrid and less than a month before the general elections. His successor in the role, Pilar Trinidad, will inherit the Sol matter.
The Government Delegation indicates that they are unaware of the content of the complaint and therefore cannot assess it. They defend Martín's actions instead:
All decisions made by this Government Delegation since the beginning of the camp at Puerta del Sol have been taken with full respect for current legality
For the residents of the centre, the case is progressing on two fronts: the criminal instruction corresponds to the Madrid Court of First Instance, while the contentious case continues in the TSJM. The square will remain occupied in the meantime, with tarpaulins and plastics still visible.
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