of Delgado Vizcaino Foundation Fall Conference This Friday, the event in Pozoblanco ended with a panel showing an X-ray image of a Spanish judge. judge of supreme court and vowels Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ)Jose … Antonio Montero Fernández was the first to tackle this issue with a plan to learn about access to judicial careers, the selection of judges, and the appointment of judges.
This access now hopes to be changed by legislation the government is enacting, with magistrates labeling the “gap” as a “lack of agreement”. Furthermore, he defended the need to introduce changes in this area. national agreement It’s not “unilateral”.
On the other hand, he added to his presentation the structure of the CGPJ and the blockage experienced due to lack of renewal due to political interference. distrust» In this body. For this reason, montero fernandez He advocates for changes based on this choice made by judges themselves, except to be careful not to lapse into “corporatism and complacency.”
The second stop in the afternoon was constitutional court With the intervention of Enrique Arnaldo Alcubillaa magistrate of this competent authority. After explaining the nature of the body, he questioned why its 12 members was an “uncomfortable number”, saying that in the event of a tie “the situation would be resolved by imputing double voting to the president”. abnormality That should have been avoided. ”
The final presentation of the fall conference was conducted by Carlos Resmes SerranoSupreme Court Justice, former High Court and Attorney General. Lesmes explained that the Supreme Court “does not take part in political initiatives” but “takes part in the administrative functions carried out by the government,” which he described as “very broad and always affecting the people.”
The magistrate stressed that “we need an independent judiciary because there is no democracy without the rule of law, and there is no rule of law without an independent judiciary.” In response to the question posed in the title of the conference (“Is control of government decisions by the Supreme Court effective and realistic?”), Mr. Resmes answered in the affirmative by saying, “It will prevent arbitrariness, improve administrative ethics, and increase transparency.”