MADRID, 31 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The open days of the Supreme Court held between October 27 and 29 reached a record number of 6,926 visitors, 75% more than in the 2019 edition, the last one held in person before the activity had to carry out virtually in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic.
As reported by the High Court on Monday, among the almost 7,000 visitors, some 700 were students from educational centers in the Community of Madrid who attended the Supreme Court during the conference. The young people, in addition to touring the building, participated in simulated trials with bullying as the protagonist.
The acting president of the Supreme Court, Judge Francisco Marín Castán, opened the conference last Thursday by receiving the first visitors: 5th and 6th grade students from the Giner de los Ríos Public School in the Madrid town of Parla.
It should be remembered that this is the first year that the magistrate has presided over the conference, since he assumed the acting leadership of the body on October 13, after Carlos Lesmes resigned as president of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) and of the High Court due to the lack of tangible progress in the negotiations between PSOE and PP to renew the governing body of the judges.
Lesmes tried to leave his succession tied by commissioning a report from the Technical Cabinet of the Supreme Court – later supported by the Government Chamber – in which it was concluded that Marín Castán would automatically replace him in both positions once his resignation was consummated because he is the one who holds the Vice Presidency of the Supreme.
However, the CGPJ Plenary agreed to elevate Rafael Mozo, its oldest member, as “alternate president” of the CGPJ, which ‘de facto’ means dividing the head of the Judicial Power. In the midst of this bicephaly, Marín Castán –as acting president of the Supreme Court– inaugurated the open day. Mozo, who had on his agenda to preside over the plenary session of the Council, did not participate.
During the day that Thursday and until Saturday, thousands of adults also came to the court to enjoy the guided tours and hold meetings with Supreme Court magistrates who explained what their work is like.
Ana Ferrer, Dimitry Berberoff, Jose Luis Requero, Jose Maria del Riego, Juan Molins, Angel Hurtado, Manuel Marchena, Luis Maria Diez Picazo, Eduardo Calvo, Pedro Jose Vela, Jose Luis Seoane, Antonio del Moral, Diego Cordoba and Andres Martinez Arrieta were some of the magistrates who participated in this edition.
In addition, on Friday night the ‘Candlelight’ concert was held in tribute to Hans Zimmer, one of the best known composers of soundtracks. According to the court, more than four hundred people attended the event under candlelight with music from films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King, Gladiator or Batman: The Dark Knight.
