Sánchez believes the lawyer basic is harmless and goals to enchantment to the Constitutional Court | Spain | EUROtoday

In his first press convention after the conviction of the Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, wished to train excessive warning to keep away from an open conflict with the Supreme Court, however he has made his discomfort very clear with a ruling that he “regrets” and has even identified that “other jurisdictional bodies”, that’s, the Constitutional Court or European justice, “in which aspects of this sentence that may be controversial can be resolved.” That is, the Constitutional Court will be capable of right the Supreme Court, the one attainable means out of this example with which the Government is working.

Sánchez has launched a sequence of very delicate messages to criticize the sentence with out opening a conflict with the Supreme Court. He has even made a really clear point out of Manuel Marchena, the factotum of the Supreme Court and a key man on this ruling. The president has mentioned that the Government “respects the rulings of the Supreme Court”, in contrast to the PP. “You haven’t heard me say that we are going to control the second room through the back door,” he mentioned. It is a direct reference to Marchena, as a result of it was in 2018, when Sánchez had agreed with Pablo Casado that this Supreme Court choose can be the brand new president of the CGPJ, when the PP spokesperson within the Senate, Ignacio Cosidó, wrote that concept in a chat with all of the senators. The PP then mentioned that it will management the room because of Marchena, with a conservative profile. And now it’s he who has been key on this sentence. With subtlety, Sánchez was thus mentioning the political profile of the sentence.

“We respect the sentences, we abide by them, but in a democratic society we can express our disagreement. I believe in the innocence of Álvaro García Ortiz, and I believe that in the testimonies given by journalists with extensive experience it has been stated that the prosecutor was not the origin of the leaks. We regret this ruling,” he concluded.

Sánchez has confirmed that the process to elect a brand new lawyer basic is already underway. Some sources within the Executive consider that it may even be finished this Tuesday within the Council of Ministers, though for that García Ortiz must resign first, and it isn’t sure.

He has not been very clear concerning the profile both, though Executive sources point out that he might be clearly progressive and an individual with a powerful profile to face a really delicate scenario. “We have started the procedure to replace the attorney general. The government has always proposed people like García, with extensive experience, with important knowledge of the matter. We recognize the work that Álvaro García has done, it has been very positive,” he concluded.