Overview

• King Felipe VI will preside on Friday over the opening of the judicial year at the Supreme Court, where fiscal general Álvaro García Ortiz remains scheduled to deliver the Fiscalía’s annual memoria despite being processed for alleged revelation of secrets linked to data about Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s partner.
• Alberto Núñez Feijóo confirmed he will not attend, shifting from citing a prior commitment to framing his absence as a protest against what he called an unprecedented institutional clash.
• Justice Minister Félix Bolaños condemned the boycott as a grave discourtesy to the Crown, the Supreme Court, the CGPJ and the judicial and prosecutorial careers.
• The ten conservative members of the CGPJ asked President Isabel Perelló to convey the “inconvenience” of García Ortiz’s intervention and proposed keeping Minister Félix Bolaños off the dais to signal separation of powers.
• Three conservative-leaning associations (APM, Asociación de Fiscales and APIF) urged García Ortiz to abstain out of respect for the King, while the AJFV noted he retains his functions until any formal removal, leaving the ceremony’s tone uncertain.