Overview

• Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz, processed by the Supreme Court for alleged revelation of secrets linked to Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s partner, attended the ceremony and delivered the Prosecutor’s Office annual report to the King as required by Article 181 of the Judiciary Law.
• Major judges’ and prosecutors’ associations publicly urged García Ortiz to abstain from the event, arguing his presence harms institutional credibility despite acknowledging his presumption of innocence.
• The Council of the Judiciary showed a sharp split, with 10 conservative members asking its president to convey the ‘inconvenience’ of his intervention while progressive members called for institutional normality and upheld established protocol.
• The government closed ranks around García Ortiz, with Pedro Sánchez receiving him at Moncloa to accept the annual report, as the opposition escalated its protest with Alberto Núñez Feijóo boycotting the ceremony and the PP leadership denouncing the prosecutor’s participation.
• The opening unfolds under heightened tension after Sánchez said a minority of judges were ‘doing politics’, while the criminal case against the attorney general moves toward an oral trial.