2023-11-14 11:58:28
The mobilizations continue in the judicial field due to the agreement between the PSOE and the pro-independence parties to make Pedro Sánchez president and the amnesty law. Now, in the form of demonstrations in front of the judicial headquarters themselves. For the moment, judges from Córdoba gathered this Monday before the gates of the City of Justice; while the senior judges of Seville and Salamanca have summoned judges, prosecutors, lawyers or solicitors to mobilizations for this Tuesday in front of the headquarters of their respective provincial courts.
‘Lawfare’: the judicial war against the independence movement that PSOE and Junts agree to investigate in Congress
In a circular, the senior judge of Seville, Francisco Guerrero, summons the magistrates and judges to a concentration “to reject the references” made in the agreement between PSOE and Junts “to the ‘lawfare’ or judicialization of politics and its consequences” and express their “express adherence” to the content of the statement published by the judicial associations at the end of last week. In Salamanca, the reason for the call is to meet “in defense of the separation of powers and against the Amnesty Law,” according to sources from the Provincial Court consulted by Europa Press.
The term ‘lawfare’ is used to designate maneuvers to, through the courts or police forces, harm a certain political sector. The agreement between both formations provides that the ‘judicial war’ against the independence movement will be investigated in Congress, which angered all the associations of judges and prosecutors. After the commotion, the PSOE later explained that Parliament will not supervise sentences and will only take into account the conclusions of parliamentary investigations already committed.
Judges for Democracy (JJpD), with a progressive tendency, did sign the statement along with the rest of the judicial associations that criticize the mentions of ‘lawfare’ in the agreement between the PSOE and Junts. But it does not support the mobilizations planned for these days. In a message on the social network an image of impartiality and neutrality.”
JJpD indicates that its decision to “not attend” is based on the fact that “the defense of the separation of powers requires maintaining an image of impartiality and neutrality that these acts do not guarantee,” according to the aforementioned message. This association, which has 436 members of 5,408 active judges and magistrates, celebrated the “good sense” of specifying that Congress will not invade the powers of judges after the explanations of the PSOE last week.
????Judges for Democracy will not attend the rallies that are being organized in front of the courts and political party headquarters
➡️ The defense of the separation of powers requires maintaining an image of impartiality and neutrality that these acts do not guarantee
— Judges for Democracy (@JpDemocracia) November 14, 2023
Just a few weeks ago, the Judicial Ethics Commission advised judges against attending demonstrations and political rallies to “avoid any action that could question the independence or confidence of society in the Judiciary,” according to the General Council of the Judiciary. (CGPJ).
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