Overview
- APM condemned what it called grave attacks and disqualifications directed at the Supreme Court and demanded their cessation.
- The statement cited Pedro Sánchez’s public claim of Álvaro García Ortiz’s innocence during the trial as an intrusion that violated institutional respect.
- The group also criticized subsequent disavowals after the Supreme Court’s criminal chamber signaled a condemnatory ruling before publishing the full sentence.
- El Mundo reported that APM objected to Sánchez’s remark that time would set things right, saying hints of higher-court correction clash with constitutional norms.
- Justice Minister Félix Bolaños attended the congress and argued that respectful criticism of judicial decisions is legitimate, as APM president Mª Jesús del Barco assailed the government’s reform agenda.