He sending of the frigate F-105 Christopher Columbus to the eastern Mediterranean to protect Cyprus from Iran’s missiles will be submitted by the Government to the consideration of Congress, as confirmed to this newspaper by government sources. The formula used is that of a appearance of Minister Margarita Robles, although the aforementioned sources do not clarify whether it coincides, before or after, with that requested by the president, Pedro Sánchez, before the plenary session of the Lower House. Moncloa has confirmed that Pedro Sánchez’s appearance has already been requested “to inform about the Government’s position regarding the conflict of Middle East and also about the last meeting of the European Council”.
This passage through Congress has not yet been confirmed by Defense, which remains silent while the timing of explanations of Spanish involvement in the Middle East war scenario is being designed in Moncloa.
The aforementioned sources confirm that the Executive will undergo the authorization request process to Congress after sources from the Popular Party have expressed their complaint because the decision to send to the Navy’s most advanced surface military ship to the area affected by the war of the United States and Israel against Iran.
The Government will comply with Organic Law 5/2005 of November 17, or National Defense Law. In its article 17, the scenarios of mandatory authorization from Congress for military operations abroad, among them those that “in accordance with international commitments, require a rapid or immediate response to certain situations.” Point 3 of the article qualifies this situation by providing that, when troops are sent and “for reasons of utmost urgency it is not possible to carry out prior consultation, the government will submit to the Congress of Deputies as soon as possible the decision it has adopted for ratification, if applicable.”
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