The insults of Pablo Iglesias to Judge García Castellón, "mediocre" and "prevaricator", in the hands of the Madrid Prosecutor's Office

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The

has received a communication from the president of the National Court,

, with the insults that the former leader of United We Can, Pablo Iglesias, uttered last April during an interview with Judge

.

Iglesias then called the instructor of

"mediocre" and "prevaricator."

These facts were brought to the attention of both the Prosecutor's Office and the

by the Court.

Now, from the Prosecutor's Office headed by Dolores Delgado, it has decided to refer the facts to the Madrid Prosecutor's Office in case they could constitute a crime of libel or slander.

As stated in a decree issued by the Chief Inspector

,

, to which EL MUNDO has had access, in the interview with the former Vice President of the Government, "supposed statements by the magistrate to a journalist regarding the fact that he was going to finish off Pablo Iglesias (...) said with an element of satisfaction and joy" ».

Likewise, Iglesias is heard saying that he is "a mediocre judge" and alludes to the alternative that he can "go down in history as a prevaricator in the context of an alleged illegal judicial war against Podemos."

In the prosecutor's decree it is explained that "when determining which Prosecutor's Office is territorially competent to promote the investigation, depending on the place of commission of a possible crime of libel or slander with publicity against a public official, the alternative of place where the offender has made such accusations or that of the place where the offended party is received”.

On this point, the Public Ministry emphasizes that "the competence to investigate the facts will have to be recognized to the

, the town where the possibly offended person serves" and "where he has received the news possibly offensive to his honor as an official".

Iglesias' enmity with Judge García Castellón goes back a long way.

Specifically, since he sent a statement against him to the Supreme Court for the

.

As a result of these events, the criticism and insults of the former Vice President of the Government to the robe have been continuous.

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