The former president of the Provincial Court of Ourense Antonio Piña He will be the new head of the National Court court responsible for investigations such as the case investigating the activities of former commissioner José Manuel Villarejo, who accumulates dozens of pieces without judging.
The permanent commission of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) has awarded this judge this Wednesday the position of head of the Central Court of Instruction number 6 of the National Court, after the judge’s retirement Manuel García-Castellón a few months ago.
Piña, who presided over the Ourense Court for almost a decade until he resigned just a month ago, will thus take charge of a court that has for years directed some of the most high-profile corruption cases such as the Punic case or the Lezo casewhose majority of pieces have not yet been judged.
You will also have to continue researching many of the pieces of the Villarejo caseof which only some have gone to trial, in a court that for a time had three magistrates (one regular and two supporting ones) due to the volume of work it accumulated.
Antonio Piña was also an elected member of the Government Chamber of the Superior Court of Xustiza de Galicia and dean of the Courts of Ourense, and has been a member of the Spanish Judicial Network.
His appointment as the new judge of the National Court It was adopted this Wednesday by the permanent commission of the governing body of judges, which has resolved the transfer competition between members of the judicial career with the category of magistrate, in which 180 positions were offered.
It has also been agreed that the judge Teresa Palacioswho has been working in the National Court for years, becomes the president of the fourth criminal section, after the retirement a few weeks ago of her colleague Angela Murillo.
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