García Ortiz defends before the Board of Prosecutors his decision not to resign while eight of the thirty attendees ask him to leave

The State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, met this Thursday with the Board of Court Prosecutors, his main advisory body, to explain the decision to continue leading the institution after the Supreme Court has opened a case against him. for revelation of secrets after the complaint by commission agent Alberto González Amador, partner of Isabel Díaz Ayuso. In an intervention that lasted less than half an hour, García Ortiz denied having leaked any emails and defended that he is convinced that remaining in his position is the best for the institution. Of the thirty attendees, eight have asked him to resign, according to sources consulted by elDiario.es.

The Supreme Court decided this Wednesday open a criminal case against the attorney general for the leak of the emails in which Gonzalez Amador He admitted having defrauded more than 350,000 euros. For the first time in history, a court will investigate the leadership of the Prosecutor’s Office for a crime of revealing secrets and will do so for a case that began with a hoax from the mobile phone of Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, right hand of the president of the Community of Madrid.

Following the High Court’s decision, García Ortiz announced that he would not resign and summoned the main bodies of the race to explain his decision and listen to their comments. 31 of its 35 members have attended this Board of Court Prosecutors. Eight of them have asked him to leave his position to preserve the image of the institution. Among those critical voices are those of the four prosecutors of the process: Javier Zaragoza, Consuelo Madrigal, Fidel Cadena and Jaime Moreno.

Among the supports for the prosecutors of the process has been that of María José Segarra, who was the first attorney general appointed by the Government of Pedro Sánchez and is a member of the Progressive Union of Prosecutors (UPF), an association to which the current one was affiliated. attorney general until appointed. Also that of the chief anti-corruption prosecutor Alejandro Luzón.