Overview
- Vox’s parliamentary group formally notified Congress that Javier Ortega Smith ceased to be spokesperson for the Justice Committee effective Friday, 9 January 2026.
- Juan José Aizcorbe, a Catalan deputy and former party manager, replaces him while already serving as spokesperson in the Budget, Labor, and Joint Committee for Relations with the Court of Auditors.
- The move is the third consecutive reduction to Ortega Smith’s responsibilities since November after losing the deputy spokesperson post in Congress and leaving the national executive in December.
- Ortega Smith still serves as Vox’s spokesperson in the Madrid City Council, but his national standing within the party has been curtailed.
- Coverage ties the reshuffle to months of friction with Santiago Abascal, citing Ortega Smith’s attendance at an Espinosa de los Monteros think‑tank launch and the 12 October parade, as Abascal invoked a football metaphor about respecting the bench.