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The Superior Court of Justice (TSJ) of Madrid revoked this Thursday the confinement measures imposed by the Spanish Ministry of Health to ten Madrid municipalities, justified by the need to contain the high number of infections caused by the new coronavirus in the Spanish capital.
The measures, which came into force last Friday and affected around five million Madrilenians, prohibited the entry or exit of the municipalities where traffic restrictions were in force, unless justifications were presented, such as going to work, taking the children to school. or provide assistance to family members in need.
The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, of the Popular Party, expressed her opposition to the restrictions imposed by the Government of Pedro Sánchez, led by the Socialist Party (PSOE), claiming that the Ministry of Health does not have the power to cancel the regional authorities, but promised to comply with the orders imposed by the Ministry of Health, challenging them in court.
This Thursday, Ayuso saw the Madrid TSJ agree with him, with that court considering that the restrictions imposed in ten Madrid municipalities (Parla, Fuenlabrada, Alcobendas, Torrejón de Ardoz, Getafe, Alcorcón, Leganés, Móstoles, Alcalá de Henares and the capital ) “Affect fundamental rights and freedoms”.
The court also reiterated that the adoption of measures by the Government constitutes “an interference by public authorities” in the rights of citizens. “The fundamental rights that the Constitution attributes to citizens cannot be affected by any unauthorized state interference by their representatives through a provision qualified as law,” reads the dispatch issued this Thursday.
The Minister of Health, Salvador Evil, said that the Ministry of Health will adopt “the legal decisions that best protect the health” of Madrid residents and stressed that “Plan A, second me C it is to protect public health, always based on the recommendations of experts ”. “We are confident that the Community of Madrid will support this approach,” said Illa, in a parliamentary committee,a meeting between the Community of Madrid and the Ministry of Health for this afternoon.
With this decision of the Supreme Court, the authorities are prevented from punishing citizens who violate containment measures – fines can vary between 600 and 600 thousand euros. While awaiting the judicial decision, the authorities chose not to impose fines and to carry out only informative actions for the population.
The annulment of the confinement coincides with the approach of a long weekend in Spain. On Monday, the Spanish celebrate the party of Nossa Senhora do Pilar, and thousands of Madrilenians plan to take the opportunity to take a short vacation and spend three days in second homes or in the countryside.
With the nullity imposed by the Supreme Court, says the The country, Other restrictions that were in force are maintained, such as meetings reduced to six people, with a capacity of 50% in commercial establishments, which must close at 10 pm maximum. In places of worship, capacity is limited to one third, with a maximum of 15 people in open ceremonies, or 10 in closed spaces.
On Wednesday, Spain counted more than 10,000 SARS-CoV-2 infections, 2,853 of them in Madrid. Since the beginning of the pandemic, according to figures from John Hopkins University, the country has registered 836,000 cases of coronavirus and more than 32,500 people have died from covid-19.
