The current interim president of the CGPJ has said it would be “very serious” if PP and PSOE chose “militant members” to renew the governing body of judges, and has defended “judicial independence.”
The interim president of General Council for the Judiciary (CGPJ)Vicente Guilarte has warned the PP and the PSOE about thisIt would be ‘dangerous’ for them to elect ‘militant’ members to renew the governing body of the judges, which has been in place since December 2018 due to the inability of the parties to reach an agreement.
During an informative breakfast, he stressed that “it would be dangerous” if, in “a moment of political bipolarization like we are experiencing now”, “ten militants and ten more militants” were to emerge from the negotiations to renew the CGPJ, which “ started to exchange what it would be trading cards who appoint 100 vacant positions without any criteria other than politics. ‘I think that would be very serious’he warned.
“We need to know what doesn’t work now, what hasn’t worked and that the innovation is therefore accompanied by a formula to avoid the problems that we have currently discovered.”
Guilarte has assured that he “never” believed it was “so necessary.” defend judicial independence like now. The magistrate has emphasized that one of his most important powers is to defend the independence of the judiciary, especially at a time when judges are accused of “justice” against the Catalan independence movement.
We had to get this out there and every time I could I’ve come out saying, ‘leave us alone,'” he said.
The magistrate has assured that he has “full” confidence in “the current interlocutors” who are negotiating the renewal of the body he chairs. “It is clear that I will wait here until that agreement is reached and if it does not happen, I have said so. there are people better qualified than me to occupy the presidency with this fortuitous character,” he added, emphasizing that he has “full confidence in a happy future outcome of this renewal.”
Guilarte has insisted he does not have the legitimacy enjoyed by former CGPJ president Carlos Lesmes, who was elected in 2013 and resigned in October 2022. “I’m sure if it were necessary to vote They wouldn’t choose me. And I would understand and appreciate it. But being the oldest has brought me here and has led me to accept a position that I hope will not last long.”
Source: EITB
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