Post by soyeb19 on Feb 17, 2024 9:34:49 GMT 1
The acting President of the Government and leader of the Socialist Party, Pedro Sánchez, has once again insisted on the investiture candidate and head of the Popular Party, Alberto Nuñez Feijóo, that the General Council of the Judiciary be renewed as soon as possible . Specifically, it has been reported from Ferraz that Sánchez has arrived at the meeting called by the popular leader, framed in his round of conversations ahead of the investiture session, asking for a commitment so that the governing body of the judges is renewed before end of the year, regardless of who ultimately becomes the President of the Government.
The PSOE has repeatedly accused the PP of failing to comply with the Constitution by not agreeing to the different proposals made to renew the twenty members of the General Council of the Judiciary, a body with an expired mandate and limited functions since 2018. Both formations Whatsapp Database They were close to reaching an agreement at the end of 2022, although the PP finally backed down, pointing out the modifications introduced in the penal code regarding sedition and embezzlement. That was the last of the occasions on which the conservative formation has rejected the PSOE's proposals.
According to article 122 of the Spanish Constitution, “the General Council of the Judiciary will be made up of the President of the Supreme Court, who will preside over it, and twenty members appointed by the King for a period of five years . Of these, twelve among Judges and Magistrates of all judicial categories, in the terms established by the organic law; four at the proposal of the Congress of Deputies and four at the proposal of the Senate, elected in both cases by a majority of three-fifths of its members, among lawyers and other jurists, all of them of recognized competence and with more than fifteen years of practice in their profession. ”. Currently and until the method is reformed, the PP and the PSOE are elected, by a three-fifths majority in both chambers and after an agreement between the majority forces . Judges are chosen from candidates on a list provided by the judges themselves.
The PSOE has repeatedly accused the PP of failing to comply with the Constitution by not agreeing to the different proposals made to renew the twenty members of the General Council of the Judiciary, a body with an expired mandate and limited functions since 2018. Both formations Whatsapp Database They were close to reaching an agreement at the end of 2022, although the PP finally backed down, pointing out the modifications introduced in the penal code regarding sedition and embezzlement. That was the last of the occasions on which the conservative formation has rejected the PSOE's proposals.
According to article 122 of the Spanish Constitution, “the General Council of the Judiciary will be made up of the President of the Supreme Court, who will preside over it, and twenty members appointed by the King for a period of five years . Of these, twelve among Judges and Magistrates of all judicial categories, in the terms established by the organic law; four at the proposal of the Congress of Deputies and four at the proposal of the Senate, elected in both cases by a majority of three-fifths of its members, among lawyers and other jurists, all of them of recognized competence and with more than fifteen years of practice in their profession. ”. Currently and until the method is reformed, the PP and the PSOE are elected, by a three-fifths majority in both chambers and after an agreement between the majority forces . Judges are chosen from candidates on a list provided by the judges themselves.