Overview
- The Supreme Court convicted Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz of revealing secrets linked to Alberto González Amador, imposing a two-year ban from office and an estimated €20,000 fine.
- García Ortiz can seek an incidente de nulidad before the Supreme Court, a rarely successful step that is generally required before an amparo appeal to the Constitutional Court.
- He may also request a precautionary suspension of the disqualification while those challenges are considered.
- The Constitutional Court has received ex-judge Luis Acayro Sánchez’s amparo appeal against his ten-year inhabilitación for deliberate judicial prevarication, which cost him his judicial status.
- Political reaction followed the ruling on García Ortiz, with Compromís deputy Alberto Ibáñez condemning the decision and declaring, “El franquismo vive.”