Overview
- The Supreme Court’s appeals chamber dismissed APIF’s final appeal seeking Álvaro García Ortiz’s provisional suspension.
- García Ortiz will stand trial on November 3 on an alleged revelation of secrets offense linked to the partner of Madrid’s regional president, which carries potential prison exposure of up to six years.
- Judges Julián Sánchez Melgar, Andrés Palomo and Eduardo de Porres signed the decision upholding the investigating judge’s refusal to suspend him.
- The court reasoned that ordering a suspension is an administrative power of the Public Prosecutor’s leadership and that judicial intervention lacks legal basis.
- Investigating judge Ángel Hurtado had earlier pointed to a legal vacuum, referred the matter to the Fiscal Inspection, and the Prosecutor’s Office declined to consider suspension for lack of competence.