The Progressive Union of Prosecutors (UPF) has reiterated this Sunday, in the document of conclusions of its congress held this weekend in Santander, its “deep disagreement” with the decision of the Supreme Court of October 15, open a case against the State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortizfor revelation of secrets after the dissemination of a statement to deny a hoax launched by those around the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, about the investigation of her partner for tax crimes. The UPF – to which García Ortiz belonged until his appointment – insists that both he and the chief provincial prosecutor of Madrid, Pilar Rodríguez Fernández, also under investigation, then proceeded “under legal and statutory protection” and that their actions “were legitimate and “In addition, necessary”, which is why he supports the decision of both of them not to resign, as other prosecutors’ associations and some political parties demanded. “Both deserve our recognition and support,” they emphasize.
In the text, the UPF also shows its “deep concern about the consequences” of the Supreme Court’s decision “not only on the honorability of two specific prosecutors, but also on the institution”, since, they add, the current context is that of “suffocating attempt at political instrumentalization of the Prosecutor’s Office by certain sectors that, pursuing other goals, only manage to weaken justice and democracy.” For this reason, the association urges the high court “to promote and resolve this investigation as quickly as possible.” “Every day that passes without concluding the procedure paves the way for those who only want to weaken our rule of law and to do so they have set their sights on the Public Prosecutor’s Office,” they conclude.
The UPF’s defense of García Ortiz and the chief prosecutor of Madrid is included in a document prepared after several round tables were held within the framework of the congress. In the text, in addition to addressing the situation of the attorney general, the association reviews various current issues in which criticism of the Government, the parties and other public powers is not spared. Thus, it demands that all of them “finally and once and for all, provide Justice and in particular the Prosecutor’s Office with the necessary personal and material resources and develop a Strategic Plan sufficiently equipped to overcome” a situation that they consider of “historical abandonment”. It also demands “the urgent renewal of a State pact against gender violence” that, among other measures, includes “the necessary legal reforms so that the courts of violence against women assume jurisdiction over crimes against the sexual freedom of women.” the woman.”
The UPF also warns about “the proliferation in Europe, and particularly in Spain, of populist political discourses of a racist and xenophobic nature that deliberately single out migrants and within them their most vulnerable and fragile sector, such as minors without family references, promoting their social exclusion and maliciously spreading false or biased news in order to denigrate them, generally associating them with crime or terrorism.” This association demands from the parties “a State pact that allows this type of discourse to be banished from the political debate and to face the immigration challenge with solidarity policies for the integration of migrants.”
In its conclusions, the association of prosecutors also looks beyond Spain and demands that the Government of Pedro Sánchez adopt measures in the face of the conflicts in Gaza and Western Sahara. Regarding the first, it demands that the Executive “immediate and total formal embargo related to the purchase and sale of weapons to Israel until its continued genocide and war crimes against the Palestinian and Lebanese civilian population cease.” Regarding the former Spanish colony, the UPF insists that the Polisario Front is “the only valid interlocutor” and considers the current situation of the territory under the sovereignty of Morocco “null” after The Executive defended in March 2022 that the autonomy proposal proposed by Rabat was the “most serious, realistic and credible” to resolve the conflict. The association demands that Spain and the European institutions “break commercial relations with the Kingdom of Morocco that are based on the exploitation of the natural resources of the SO (Western Sahara)”, in addition to urging the government to assume “its status as a power administrator and, therefore, protector of the Sahrawi people”, to “guarantee their security during the self-determination process” and to resume “dialogue with the Polisario Front as its legitimate representative”.
