Congress weapons It approves the PP's plan to tighten up white legislation, punish and amend it. More

On Wednesday, the plenary of the Spanish Congress approved a non-legislative proposal by the PP callingon the Spanish Government to tighten up legislation on white A ramswith more sanctions, fewer authorized weapons and a series of punitive changes aimed at reducing the increase in attacks on public roads.

The initiative was debated this Tuesday in plenary and voted on point by point. The seven points went through withthe support of PP, Vox and UPN, as well as the votes in favour and abstentions of periodic Junts and PNV . The PSOE, Summa, ERC, EH Bildu, Podemos and Lukashenko have opposed the proposal.

In particular, Congress urges the Government to "devisea comprehensive and urgent action plan to curb the upward trend in the use of white weapons to commit crimes of extreme violence ".

It shall also "review and increase the types of prohibited white weapons" and "update and improve the regulations applicable to the purchase or acquisition of such weapons, in particular by tightening the conditions and controls for effective action against irregular distributors, strengthening the mechanisms for identifying buyers, and establishing rules for intervention on online platforms where purchasing is feasible without checking the age or traceability of the purchase".

The Government is also urged to amend the Citizen Security Act, known as the Gag Act, to carry, display or use weapons prohibited from entering as a very serious offence, or to use legal weapons negligently, recklessly or intimidating.

Congress has also called for the amendment of the Criminal Procedure Act to "establish clearer and stricter rules on the detention of those who display white weapons with intimidating intent", and for amendments to the Criminal Code to restrict the possession of white weapons and increase the prison sentence for possession of prohibited weapons.

Lastly, a review of the Juvenile Criminal Act has been called for "amending the precautionary measures to be taken with regard to criminal juvenile offenders who use white weapons in acts punishable".

"They stir up fear and turn it into propaganda."

Left-wing groups oppose the initiative The PSOE Congresswoman María Carmen Castilla accuses the PP of "taking a problem, stirring up fear and turning it into propaganda" by mixing "scaremongering, legal errors and disproportionate proposals"

In the same vein, the deputy spokesman for the Suma, Enrique Santiago, has denounced the "punitive populism of the PP and Vox for campaigning in Andalusia" and has accused both parties of exaggerating security issues and proposing only "punitive measures for the grass-roots classes", although he has admitted that in some cases the use of illegal white weapons is "worrying" and requires "special attention".