The Government Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community, constituted in plenary session, has agreed this morning by majority to adhere to the statement issued by the four judicial associations, and in line with the agreement adopted by the Permanent Commission of the General Council of Power Judicial, at its meeting held on November 9, 2023, with the following literal wording:
“Given the document signed by PSOE and Junts to facilitate the investiture, we show our rejection of the references to “lawfare or judicialization of politics” and its consequences. 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".
The TSJCV statement continues: "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. law, since this is expressly established by 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 of a system of jurisdictional guarantees that removes the risk that is pointed out.”
The previous agreement is adopted by a majority of the members of the Plenary Session of the Government Chamber in attendance, with ten votes in favor, two against and one abstention.
