MADRID, 3 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the parliamentary group of United We Can, Jaume Asens, has pointed to possible criminal responsibilities of the conservative members of the General Council of the Judiciary CGPJ if they continue in their positions without appointing the two magistrates to the Constitutional Court (TC) who must appoint the CGPJ.
In statements to the media, the leader of En Comú Podem has referred to the meeting of the conservative members of the governing body of the judges, who considered it “essential” to resume negotiations with the progressive wing of the two candidates for the Constitutional Court ( CT).
In Asens’s opinion, the aforementioned members have a “dilemma” that consists of “following the law” or “resigning” as members of the CGPJ, as the former president of the institution Carlos Lesmes did, and they are asked by associations of jurists and prosecutors.
“There is no alternative: if they decide to continue breaking the law by making excuses as they have done so far, possible criminal liability for their actions will have to be studied,” the leader of En Comú Podem has settled.
According to sources familiar with the conclave that took place this Wednesday, the nine members who have participated in it have agreed that in the coming days they will resume contacts to determine which are the appropriate candidates and who are willing to go to the court of guarantees to thus choose a short list of possible candidates from the conservative sector.
This Wednesday it has transpired that the members of the progressive sector have indicated the magistrate of the Supreme Court (TS) José Manuel Bandrés as their candidate for the TC and have requested a meeting with their conservative interlocutors that will take place this Thursday at 4:00 p.m., which It means formally resuming the negotiations to appoint the two candidates for the TC since the resignation of Carlos Lesmes.
The recently approved reform of the Organic Law of the Judiciary stipulated that in September the governing body of the judges should appoint two members of the court of guarantees, while the Executive was responsible for proposing two other jurists.
