Overview

• The Comisión Permanente instructed the disciplinary authority to examine a possible falta de desconsideración under article 418.5 of the LOPJ.
• The move reverses the disciplinary promoter Ricardo Conde’s proposal to archive the case without opening proceedings.
• Sources indicate progressive members supported the action and conservatives will issue a dissenting opinion, with President Isabel Perelló breaking the tie.
• Judge Manuel Ruiz de Lara, of Madrid’s Mercantile Court No. 11, posted messages on X accusing Pedro Sánchez of “golpismo” and referring to Begoña Gómez as “Barbigoña.”
• The CGPJ cites the lack of Supreme Court jurisprudence on judges’ social media use and directs the promoter to investigate and propose an outcome that could include sanctions, noting a 2024 case against the same judge was ultimately closed.