2024-02-05 19:33:46
The General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) condemned this Monday the attacks against several judges by some deputies in Congress. They condemn him “with all firmness.” He asks them not to fall into disqualifications and respect judicial independence, although he recognizes their inviolability.
From the Judiciary – the governing body of the judges – they have approved an institutional declaration unanimously. The text states that “respect for the independence of the Judiciary should be ensured in the course of parliamentary interventions, avoiding disqualifications that could undermine public confidence in the judicial system.” Likewise, he adds that the fact that the deputies’ statements “are especially protected by parliamentary inviolability does not diminish the seriousness of their actions.”
Unanimous declaration after a first text from the nine conservative members
The declaration has been agreed upon by the 16 members that currently make up the CGPJ. According to CGPJ sources consulted by Europa Press, the statement proposed by the nine conservative members directly urged the president of the Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol, to avoid “excessive criticism” by parliamentarians of judges and magistrates. In addition, she called on the Executive to “contain” all of this to “not undermine citizen confidence in the Judiciary.”
Despite this, in the declaration finally approved, these references have been eliminated by highlighting that respect for the independence of the Judiciary should be ensured in the course of parliamentary interventions, avoiding disqualifications that could undermine citizens’ confidence in the judicial system.” .
The nine magistrates of the Judiciary saw it necessary for the CGPJ to make an official statement following the accusations launched last Tuesday, January 30 in Congress by several deputies during the plenary session in which the amnesty law proposal was debated and rejected, ” before the acquiescence and silence of the president”.
“Especially, taking into account that in the social and parliamentary debate on the aforementioned bill, accusations of ‘lawfare’ are being made against members of the Judiciary,” the note points out. In this sense, the CGPJ rejects “with all firmness certain manifestations and behaviors carried out by members of the Legislative Branch”, and emphasize that they will continue to defend “the independence of the Judicial Branch, residing in each and every one of the Spanish judges.” .
“We reiterate that judicial independence is a key piece of the Rule of Law and its defense is essential within the framework of the values on which the European Union is based and its safeguarding corresponds to all Powers of the State,” comment the members.
In that parliamentary session on Tuesday, deputies from Podemos, Junts per Cat and Sumar made reference to the judge of the Supreme Court (TS), Manuel Marchena, president of the court that tried and convicted those accused of the ‘procés’. They also spoke about the judge of the National Court Manuel García Castellón, who is investigating ‘Tsunami Democràtic’; and the head of the Investigative Court Number 1 of Barcelona, Joaquín Aguirre, who is investigating the ‘Voloh case’.
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