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" Irresponsible

" assertions, "devoid of any foundation"

and that move

"from partisan confrontation to the delegitimization of the institutions before the citizenry."

Eight members of

the General Council of the Judiciary

criticize in these terms the statement launched on Thursday by the Prime Minister in which he accused "the political and judicial right of trampling democracy.

In a note released this Saturday, this group of members recalls how the words of Pedro Sánchez, pronounced in Brussels, followed

"rude disqualifications of the Constitutional Court and the Judiciary"

that parliamentary spokesmen had previously launched.

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Judgments of the TC appreciated "democratic deficit" in maneuvers such as the judicial plan of the PSOE

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Judgments of the TC appreciated "democratic deficit" in maneuvers such as the judicial plan of the PSOE

The signatories of the statement released this Saturday - Carmen Llombart, José Antonio Ballestero, Francisco Gerardo Martínez, Juan Manuel Fernández, Juan Martínez, José María Macías, Nuria Díaz and María Ángeles Carmona - recall that both the Constitutional Court and the judiciary "have contributed decisively to the consolidation of democracy, fulfilling and enforcing the Constitution".

In their statement, these members of the governing body for judges also cite a recommendation from the European Commission that, in order to

"respect the rule of law"

, urges political representatives to "refrain from actions and public statements that may undermine the legitimacy of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the ordinary jurisdictional bodies, the judges, individually or collectively, or of the judiciary as a whole".

The note concludes by emphasizing that "the three powers and all citizens are subject to the rule of the Constitution" and calling for "coexistence governed by the values ​​of harmony, freedom and legal certainty", while recalling

that compliance with these principles "is especially required of all of us who carry out public responsibilities."

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