Senior Judges of Spain Reject PSOE and Junts Agreement: Judicial Independence Statement

The Senior Judges of Spain, undersigned before the document signed by the PSOE and Junts to facilitate the investiture, and knowing the content of the statement published yesterday afternoon by the Judicial Associations, (Professional Association for the Judiciary, Francisco de Vitoria Judicial Association , Judges for Democracy and Independent Judicial Forum), we expressly adhere to its content.

We also show our rejection of references to “lawfare or judicialization of politics” and its consequences.

As stated in the statement, “The text of the agreement reached contains explicit references to the possibility of developing investigative commissions in parliamentary headquarters in order to determine the presence of situations of judicialization of politics, with the consequences that, where appropriate, could give rise to liability actions or modifications. legislative.

This could mean, in practice, subjecting judicial procedures and decisions to parliamentary review with evident interference in judicial independence and bankruptcy of the separation of powers.

Judges must be subject only to the rule of law, since this is expressly established in article 117.1 of the Constitution. These expressions, insofar as they reveal any distrust in the functioning of the Judiciary, are not acceptable.

The Judiciary in Spain is independent, does not act under political pressure and has a system of jurisdictional guarantees that eliminates the risk that is pointed out.

November 10, 2023

Senior Judges of the Judicial Parties of:
Alcala de Henares
Pamplona
Santander
Jaen
Murcia
Valencia
Oviedo
Hospitalet de Llobregat
Girona
Lanzarote (Reef)
Sevilla
Melilla
Lugo

Ourense
Caceres
Palencia
Palma de Mallorca
Ibiza and Formentera
Barcelona
Huelva
Torrent
Badajoz
Algeciras
Albacete
Cadiz
Toledo
Jerez de la Frontera
Pontevedra
Segovia
Vigo
Marbella
Gandia
Coruña
Sabadell
Santiago de Compostela
Bilbao
Two sisters
Logroño
Almeria
Mostoles
The Gran Canarian palms
León
Lleida
Saint Sebastian
Granada
Alicante
Zamora
Merida
Huesca
Elche
Zaragoza
San Cristobal de La Laguna
JJCC National Court
Ferrol
Burgos
Guadalajara
Valladolid
Castellon
Madrid
Málaga
Santa Cruz of Tenerife
Alcala de Henares
Alcobendas

Arganda

Apiary
Collado Villalba
Coslada
Getafe
Leganes
Mostoles
Navalcarnero
Speaks
Pozuelo de Alarcón
Torrejón de Ardoz
Torrelaguna
San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Valdemoro
Majadahonda
Ponferrada

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