The lawyer normal gave the order to disseminate the word with the key conversations of the Prosecutor with Ayuso's boyfriend | EUROtoday

The State Attorney General, Alvaro Garca Ortiz, yesterday gave the order to disseminate the bizarre communiqué of the Provincial Fiscal of Madrid revealing the key conversations held between the protection of the boyfriend of Isabel Diaz Ayusoexercised by the lawyer Carlos Neiraand the prosecutor accountable for the matter Julin Salto.

According to tax sources informing EL MUNDO, García Ortiz gave direct directions to the senior prosecutor of the Community of Madrid this Thursday, Almudena Lastrato ship to the media from his press workplace the word with the chronology of the non-public conversations held between the lawyer of Alberto Gonzalez and the prosecutor of the case. Fiscal sources describe what occurred as “very serious” and “unprecedented” because it violates the best of protection of the investigated particular person and the skilled secrecy of the lawyer Neira, who defends Ayuso's accomplice.

On the opposite hand, the sources consulted spotlight that the motion of the Superior Prosecutor's Office of Madrid – the direct hierarchical superior of the Provincial Prosecutor's Office, the physique that seems within the heading of the word – was restricted completely to sending the bizarre communication to the media following the instruction of García Ortiz.

Within the Public Ministry there may be concern about what occurred. Fiscal sources warn of the “reputational damage” that this sort of maneuver is inflicting within the establishment to “favor the Government.” Likewise, the aforementioned word has been broadly criticized by the Madrid Bar Association I must examine on Monday on the Government Board how to answer it.

The reality is that it rains within the moist because the credibility of the Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz, is at a minimal after the current episode skilled by the Supreme Court Prosecutor's Office with the case. Puigdemont and the blow he acquired from the Second Chamber of the High Court.

EL MUNDO has contacted the press workplace of the State Attorney General's Office, which limits itself to declaring that “the note is from the Madrid Prosecutor's Office” whereas refusing to disclose who gave the order to put in writing it with the information. confidential.

Meeting with Ribón and Ortega

On the opposite hand, given the magnitude of the controversy, authorized sources report that the lawyer normal met this Friday with the dean of the Illustrious College of Lawyers of Madrid (ICAM), Eugenio Ribnand with the president of the General Council of Spanish Lawyers, Victoria Ortega.

Given the seriousness of the occasions, the ICAM issued an announcement final night time wherein it thought-about “extremely serious” the revelation, by the Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Madrid, by an official assertion, of particular knowledge from some investigation proceedings, detailing dates and content material of conversations and conferences, all of which produces a breach of the skilled secrecy that protects the communications of legal professionals.”

The lawyers – who met urgently – stressed that “the disclosure of any info associated to the authorized positions or methods of the events, with no formalized compliance settlement, constitutes a violation of those primary rules of secrecy, belief and good religion.” “, and places in danger the neutrality that ought to characterize the actions of the Public Prosecutor's Office.”

On the other hand, the General Council of Spanish Lawyers met this Friday in Plenary and pointed out that “the dissemination of the particular content material of communications, on this case emails, exchanged between the Public Prosecutor's Office and the protection of an investigated particular person represents a transparent violation of the assure of confidentiality in communications between the components that this Plenary rejects and condemns”.

Likewise, this institution has emphasized that “such extremes are the topic of investigation to find out their authorship and provoke prison or disciplinary actions in opposition to whoever corresponds” and the Prosecutor's Office has added “in no case shall it exceed the powers” attributed to it by the Organic Statute of the Fiscal Ministry. Likewise, the General Council of Spanish Lawyers adds that the Public Ministry must respect “the protocol of conformities signed between the General Council of Lawyers and the Public Prosecutor's Office, to stop knowledge from being revealed that might hurt the place of the particular person beneath investigation within the course of.” “.

This physique requests “the immediate constitution of a Joint Commission of the State Attorney General and the General Council of Spanish Lawyers for the review and updating of the Protocol of action for conformity trials.”

The responsibility of prosecutors

Likewise, the Association of Prosecutors identified this Friday that “if the leak had occurred by any member of the Prosecutor's Office, it would have seriously violated, at the very least, the ethics that should govern its actions” and so they level out that “in the face of actions that seriously damage the prestige and image of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the AF demands the immediate resignation of the State Attorney General as the person most responsible for these events.

On the other hand, the Professional and Independent Association of Prosecutors (APIF) yesterday issued another statement in which it indicated, in reference to the Prosecutor's note, that this revelation “causes apparent hurt to the investigated particular person and, moreover, taking into consideration the relevance of the particular person investigated, on account of his relationship with a excessive public official, “it distances the Prosecutor's Office from the role of absolute neutrality, in the political sphere, that it must always play as an institution.”

The APIF careworn that “it is mandatory for all prosecutors” to adjust to the provisions of Instruction 3/2005 of the State Attorney General's Office, which states that “when providing information, prosecutors must always keep in mind that the right “The presumption of innocence that protects the accused is assured by being handled as harmless till a remaining conviction has been handed down.”

On the other hand, the Progressive Union of Prosecutors, to which García Ortiz belonged until he was appointed attorney general, pointed out today that “the Madrid Prosecutor's Office has solely issued a press launch to make clear inaccurate info” and has expressed his resounding support for this department, which is headed by the chief prosecutor. Pilar Rodríguez, member of her association.

In the note of disagreement, the Public Ministry detailed the date on which Ayuso's lawyer contacted the Prosecutor's Office to begin conversations regarding a possible agreement of conformity, the different procedural milestones of the investigation, as well as the response of the prosecutor, revealed by this means, where he saw no obstacle in the fact that there were others investigated to reach an agreement.

The partner of the president of the Community of Madrid is being investigated for two crimes against the Public Treasury and another crime of document falsification. In these communications, the businessman González Amador has acknowledged the commission of tax fraud.