The Federal Coordinator of the International Unit, Antonio Maillo, warned after the resignation of the State Prosecutor, Álvaro García Ortiz, on Monday, that there is an “institutional coup on the table” and that the “almost evasive” ruling of the Supreme Court appears to be a “clear sign” that there are ongoing processes against the government and democracy.
This was stated by the candidate of the “Por Andalusia” party to head the Andalusian government, noting that the “institutional failure” witnessed by the Supreme Court in his opinion, with regard to announcing the ruling without clarifying it, is a “lack of respect” that “breaks the loyalty of the institutions.”
“There is a rupture in institutionalism, there is an institutional strike on the table of an almost elusive judgment. I assume that the discredit of justice is built in this way, with formulas and judgments in which the judgment has already been taken before it is issued,” Milo asserted, adding that the “formal discourses” in sentences of this kind “do not fit.”
In his opinion, “the prosecution of the Public Prosecutor and the manner in which the ruling was issued, without revealing its legal basis, is ‘shameful.’” He continued in his explanation: “It is a clear sign that there are agents here who are in conflict with the government and in conflict with democracy.”
Mailo denounced that there are “judges dedicated to politics” who work according to the “whatever he can do, let him do” principle of former Prime Minister José María Aznar. Immediately thereafter, the ruling was formulated to the Attorney General with an explanation that was implemented “to achieve a political goal”, namely his resignation.
“The damage has already been done.”
For the leader of the international federation, it is necessary to know the legal and legal basis for the ruling, although he predicted that “there are none of them now” and that we will have to wait for their “formulation.”
“What is certain is that (there is) a political will in the result that disqualifies the actual prosecutor,” he analyzed, noting that unfortunately “the damage has already been done” and that we will likely have to wait for “that communication puff” and a reduction in public interest to find out the reasons for the ruling.
Milo’s statements came after the state prosecutor, Álvaro García Ortiz, submitted his resignation to the government on Monday, as the Supreme Court sentenced him on November 20 to being deprived of his position for two years for the crime of disclosing secrets against Alberto González Amador, a friend of Madrid President Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
“It is the deep respect for judicial decisions and the will – always present in my mandate – to protect the Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office and its prosecutors that determine my decision, even without waiting to know the motive behind the ruling, to submit my resignation as Public Prosecutor,” he said in a letter sent to the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, compiled by Europa Press.