It also demands institutional loyalty to guarantee the proper functioning of the Prosecutor’s Office
MADRID, 11 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, assured this Monday that he will defend “any prosecutor who may be disturbed in his duties”, including the prosecutors of the ‘procés’, within the framework of the criticism received by part of the prosecutorial career perceives as lukewarmness in the face of the latter’s request for protection against accusations of ‘lawfare’.
García Ortiz has indicated, within the framework of the Board of Superior Prosecutors of the autonomous communities that is held in the Pazo de Mariñán (Coruña), that he will act “as corresponds to the highest representation of this institution” in defense of “any prosecutor who could be disturbed in their functions, including, of course, any of the prosecutors who have had or have intervened in the cases related to the independence process in Catalonia”.
In this sense, it has reiterated its support “for the 2,695 prosecutors in Spain, especially those prosecutors who have had them in the past or who have to face difficult personal or professional situations”, as reported to the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE). ).
At the same time, he has asked prosecutors for institutional loyalty, something that he has described as “essential” to contribute to the “proper functioning of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.”
García Ortiz has explained that, although he is in the midst of the renewal process, he has decided to move forward with this Board of Superior Prosecutors because he had committed to doing so before the end of the year.
“These are spaces for dialogue, for consensus, for putting on the table the problems we have, which are many and very relevant, but we are here to work, to move forward, to serve the citizens and to make Spanish justice better. “, has said.
Specifically, he has advocated that this renewal process lead to “a future approach to the Spanish Prosecutor’s Office.” “We should not, or I should not, have the lights on low, we must have them on, we must think about the institution and we must think about the future, not to get entangled in matters that only lead us to personal or professional confusion. And yes, look forward and propose solutions,” he insisted.
The head of the Public Ministry had already expressed himself in this sense within the framework of a conference of civil law prosecutors held in Córdoba, stating that all prosecutors in Spain can be “calm” because he will “always” act “in defense of the career”.
García Ortiz spoke within the framework of the controversy unleashed internally in the prosecutorial race due to his response to the request for “institutional protection” made by the prosecutors of the ‘procés’ –Javier Zaragoza, Consuelo Madrigal, Fidel Cadena and Jaime Moreno –. Then, he limited himself to answering that he would “always” defend the “autonomy” of these and other prosecutors.
In response, 18 of the 26 prosecutors of the Supreme Court addressed their own letter to García Ortiz, reproaching him for “deliberately” ignoring the request of his four colleagues “in the face of the unjustified attacks to which they are being subjected.”
Subsequently, 22 of the 29 Anti-Corruption prosecutors expressed their “deep concern about the validity of the Rule of Law”, showing their support for the ‘procés’ prosecutors in their request for “institutional protection.”
Thus, the majority of the Fiscal Council – the six members of the Association of Prosecutors (AF) and that of the Professional and Independent Association of Prosecutors (APIF) – formally requested that this request for protection be submitted to the advisory body, that will address it at its next plenary session, scheduled for December 20.
The trigger for the controversy was the agreement between the PSOE and Junts to invest Pedro Sánchez as president of the Government, which speaks of creating parliamentary investigation commissions to detect possible cases of ‘lawfare’ and clarify the corresponding responsibilities, which opens the door to sanction the judges and prosecutors who prosecuted the ‘procés’.
