For some time now, ethics is more like a block of plasticine that everyone molds to their liking. Aristotle, who was a pioneer in dealing with these questions, remains far away and those who have read him have forgotten his principles. If I may use the metaphor, we live in a world where we shoot first and aim later. In other words, we act without thinking and, when we are discovered, we think about how to justify our actions.
For the leader of the PP to meet with conservative prosecutors, at a dinner at the Claridge Hotel in Madrid, where he pledged to urgently repeal a series of laws approved by the Government of Pedro Sánchez, would not pass Montesquieu's democratic canon .
Alberto Núñez Feijóo replied that the meeting was correct and institutional, which are two words that can be used to wrap any poisoned gift. And he added that he believed in the independence of prosecutors, which has merit after hearing how they demanded of him the commitment of a legislative counter-reform.
The Progressive Union of Prosecutors has asked for the resignation of Consuelo Madrigal, former attorney general with the PP and president of the Ethics Commission of the Public Ministry, who participated in the meeting. Maybe it would be enough for him to reflect. Article 34 of its code of ethics states that prosecutors have the right to freedom of expression, but, at the same time, requires them in the exercise of their function not to make partisan statements that could undermine their impartiality or the appearance of this one At the gates of an electoral campaign, the conservative prosecutors' dinner with Feijóo is, to say the least, inopportune.
Some of the people who shared tablecloths with Feijóo were the same ones who tried to overturn the appointment of Dolores Delgado as Attorney General for having been part of the Sánchez Government. Thus, among those present was Antonio Narváez, former magistrate of the Constitutional Court, who aspires to succeed her if the right wins. Apparently, there was no need to wish for a PP government for dessert. But your lordship should know that haste is bad, as he may trip over the toga. Or with the result of the polls.
