The majority of the Fiscal Council has raised its voice against the Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortizso that resign after the investigation opened in the Supreme Court. Specifically, a total of seven vowels (the six of the majority Association of Prosecutors and the member of the APIF) have proposed his departure, considering the damage to the institution “unaffordable.” In contrast to them, the two prosecutors from the UPF (an association to which the attorney general is related) and the three ex-officers have opted for their continuity.
Tax sources confirm Vozpópuli that the Council – which acts as an advisory body to the attorney general – has been extended two hours in which García Ortiz began by taking the floor. After a brief speech of about fifteen minutes – in which he confirmed his intention to continue in office– the rest of the members have intervened. The six members of the majority Prosecutors Association They have requested his dismissal. The sources consulted explain that they have done so in a moderate tone and appealing at all times to the institutional damage that its continuity entails.
For his part, the prosecutor of the Independent Professional Association of Prosecutors (APIF) has also asked for his departure, insisting that he cannot use the institution to defend himself. Salvador Viada has explained in this regard that the fact that the State Attorney General is being investigated in the Supreme Court It poses a danger to the entire tax career. He has also asked that he draw the difference between his personal situation and the position he holds as state attorney general.
The image of the Prosecutor’s Office
For their part, the two prosecutors of the progressive UPF have spoken out in the opposite direction. These members understand that there are no reasons for García Ortiz to leave his position, despite the opening of proceedings in the Supreme Court for revelation of secrets. The chief prosecutor of the Inspection, María Antonia Sanz, and the ‘number two’ of the Prosecutor’s OfficeMaría Ángeles Sánchez-Conde.
Both are, together with the attorney general, natural vowels of the Council. This organ is made up a total of twelve vowels and they are chosen by career prosecutors. The body – whose decisions are not binding – has a conservative majority after the 2022 elections, in which those close to the then attorney general, Dolores Delgado, lost the majority.
Just like you have done this morning before the Board of ProsecutorsGarcía Ortiz has explained that he ordered the press release to be written about Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s partner for deny the hoax that the Prosecutor’s Office had offered him a pact. Delgado’s successor refers to the information that was published on the night of March 13 regarding the fact that the Public Ministry had offered an agreement to Alberto Gónzález Amador, whom it was investigating for two crimes against the Public Treasury.
In this sense, the attorney general has specified that has thought a lot since proceedings were opened in the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid and that he considers that the best thing for the institution is for him to continue leading it. The six members of the Association of Prosecutors explained in a statement released at the end of the meeting that they have asked for their resignation precisely because of the image of the Prosecutor’s Office.
The attorney general’s decision to continue in office calls into question the credibility of the actions of all members of the race. We find it absolutely unacceptable the impact it produces inside and outside our borders (AF Members)
“It can only be understood that the damage that arises for the institution by maintaining this scenario far exceeds any affectation produced by its conclusion, starting with the anomaly itself which means that whoever is called to intervene as part of the process in defense of legality, the rights of citizens and the public interest, acts under the superior leadership of the person investigated in that process,” they have indicated.
The UPF defends the attorney general
These members have indicated that García Ortiz’s decision to continue in office “calls into question the actions of all members of the race“.”It is absolutely unacceptable to us the impact produced inside and outside our borders by the image of a Public Prosecutor’s Office led by a State Attorney General charged by the Supreme Court. There cannot, therefore, be a more serious consequence for the Public Prosecutor’s Office to maintain the progressive deterioration of the Institution”, they have sentenced.
The two members of the UPF have also signed a statement at the end of the conclave, in which they have supported García Ortiz. In this regard, they state that the note released by the Prosecutor’s Office – and for which a criminal case was opened – did not reveal secret some since it alluded to emails already published in the press. In their opinion, and taking into account that the Supreme Court focuses on the leak of these communications, they understand that “There is no criminal evidence” in the facts.
“We cannot be at the mercy of anyone who wants to denounce us in order to deviate from our role. Each and every one of the prosecutors that make up this institution, and interested leakers – who They are despicable and must be investigated– there is daily. We cannot allow it, because this would be violating the rule of law,” these two members have pointed out.
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