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The Plenary of the General Council of the Judiciary held this Thursday has highlighted the division of opinions around the resignation of the counselor appointed by Izquierda Unida, Concepción Sáez. According to legal sources reported to EL MUNDO, the member has read before her colleagues the letter with the reasons for her resignation, where it is maintained that the situation of the body seems "unsustainable" and that she leaves office to avoid further institutional degradation. The positioning of Sáez has had the frontal rejection of the members Enrique Lucas and José María Macías during the Plenary.

The first of them has addressed Sáez to indicate that he develops a public function as a member and that, therefore, he has an obligation to remain in office. This counselor, appointed at the proposal of the PNV, has maintained that there is no resignation as a member for "political reasons". Lucas has also pointed out that institutionality must be defended and has urged his colleagues not to accept the resignation.

For his part, the vocal Macías has urged the alternate president of the Council, Rafael Mozo, not to accept the resignation of Sáez based on the reasons he has now given to leave the governing body of the judges. Likewise, the members Wenceslao Olea and Vicente Guilarte have also disgraced their partner with the reasons given for submitting his resignation as a member of the Judiciary.

In contrast, the vocal Álvaro Cuesta has praised the resignation of Sáez although the former socialist deputy has not announced that he will follow his example nor has he returned to raise a collective resignation of the members. However, the last word on the resignation of the IU counselor corresponds by law to the president of the Council, that is, to Mozo.

On the other hand, the Plenary today unanimously approved the reports on six draft laws: Law on Families, Law on Trafficking and Exploitation of Human Beings, Law on Age Assessment, Law on Criminal Responsibility of Minors, Law on Classified Information and Law on the creation of the independent administrative authority for the defense of financial customers.

In contrast, the body has given the green light to the report on the draft Law on Classified Information, popularly known as the Official Secrets Act, although with several separate votes.

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