> You are patently wrong. Ironically, you are patently wrong. As the other poster mentions, mandatory prosecution exists in many parts of the world, and Spain

> You are patently wrong. Ironically, you are patently wrong. As the other poster mentions, mandatory prosecution exists in many parts of the world, and Spain is indeed one of these places. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2004:0334:FIN:EN:PDF https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2... is the clearest English-language reference I can find. Specifically: > The Member States’ criminal systems are divided on the issue of mandatory or discretionary prosecution. The discretionary principle is applied in Belgium, France, Denmark, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. In Germany, Austria, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Greece, Italy and Portugal the mandatory prosecution principle applies. > The mandatory prosecution principle is that the prosecution authorities must act – even if no complaint has been lodged – where they suspect that an offence has been committed. Prosecuting this is not optional. That's not to say the government could not have applied pressure somehow if they wished of course (though in theory that's strongly discouraged), or even attempted to change the law entirely. Doing so publicly in any way though would pretty seriously harm their election changes on a national level (election is coming on November 11th).