• Justice The president of the Supreme Court and the CGPJ, Carlos Lesmes, announces his resignation

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has summoned this Monday the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, to a meeting this Monday morning at the Palacio de la Moncloa after the announcement of the resignation of the president of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), Carlos Lesmes.

"There has been my pact offer since July to guarantee the independence of Justice as requested by the EU and, although I regret that the president of the TS had to resign, I will go with the best disposition," Feijóo has responded through from your Twitter account.

For its part, Ciudadanos has reacted to the news implicitly criticizing that the PSOE and the PP have not been able to agree on the renewal of the main judicial bodies and that they have spent 35 years "sharing seats".

"Those left over are the irresponsible politicians who refuse to reform the election model of the CGPJ and allow the judges to choose the judges. As established by the spirit of the Constitution, as Europe demands, as we liberals have proposed for years", The president of the orange formation, Inés Arrimadas, has written on her Twitter account.

For its part, the Progressive Union of Prosecutors (UPF) has celebrated the announcement of the departure of Lesmes.

"Better late than never. This resignation breaks with the inertia of the last three years of normalizing the 'kidnapping' of the CGPJ institution," said its president, Inés Herrero, referring to the three years and 10 months that have passed since the governing body of the judges remains in office, reports Europa Press.

Subsequently, UPF itself has published a tweet in which it has indicated that it hopes that Lesmes' "gesture" "is accompanied by the renewal of the CGPJ".

In line, in addition, he recalled that on July 30, 2021 the association requested, "for consistency and responsibility", the resignation of all the members of the body.

So far, the only departure announced is that of Lesmes, who warned during the opening ceremony of the judicial year -- held on September 7 -- that a "collective resignation" would be "little responsible."


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