The General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) will discuss in a plenary session scheduled for Thursday the legality of the parliamentary investigation commissions created to detect alleged cases of lawfare. From the meeting, at the request of the conservative members of the CGPJ, a “resounding position” is expected to emerge against the “harassment” of judges and magistrates and possible requests for parliamentary appearances.
In a letter to which Europa Press has had access, the aforementioned members request the interim president of the CGPJ, Vicente Guilarte, that in this ordinary plenary session "the relations between the Judicial Branch and the remaining powers of the State" be examined. Specifically, these nine members – who together with Guilarte form the so-called conservative bloc of the CGPJ – propose to analyze the “legality of the commissions and the duty of judges to appear” in them.
Thursday's plenary session, in which the progressive wing of the CGPJ will also participate, will take place in a context of maximum tension between the two powers of the State as a result of the investiture agreements with the independence parties, about which they say "inadmissible statements, disqualifications, accusations, complaints and even threats that judges and magistrates have been suffering,” denounce the requesting members, especially following the accusations of the Junts spokesperson in Congress, Míriam Nogueras.
Guilarte himself demanded on Friday that the parties avoid pointing out the judges, but the conservative members are preparing a report with legal reasons that support those who refuse to appear in the commissions, especially after learning that ERC is willing to negotiate. with Junts and other investiture partners the possibility of summoning the judges identified by Nogueras as responsible for some lawfare cases.
