Overview

• He chaired the Consejo Fiscal on October 20 despite written requests from six Asociación de Fiscales members and the APIF representative to halt the meeting.
• The session advanced 15 discretionary posts, including María del Carmen Eiró as Galicia’s chief prosecutor and Íñigo Gorostiza as deputy prosecutor in Asturias, plus 13 provincial or area heads.
• Prosecutors’ associations called the convocation inappropriate given his pending case for alleged revelation of secrets, a charge that can carry up to six years in prison.
• Sources in the Fiscalía argued there was no legal basis to suspend the council, noting recent meetings proceeded without objection.
• The Supreme Court has scheduled his trial for November 3–13 before a panel led by Andrés Martínez Arrieta, with 40 witnesses expected to testify.