Juan Luis Ibarra has resigned as chairman of the Ertzaintza control committee
Ibarra was president of the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country and was appointed by the Basque Government at the end of December 2021 as chairman of the Ertzaintza control committee.
The chairman of the Basque Country Police Control and Transparency Commission, Juan Luis Ibarra, has resigned from office since he was appointed by the Basque Government four years ago. This was announced on Tuesday by the Governing Council, whose new composition was approved today.
The Control and Transparency Commission was established in 2020 and analyses, either ex officio or at the request of a party, any conduct or practice that may constitute a violation of rights within the Ertzaintza or the Basque Country Municipal Police.
Ibarra presided over the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country and was appointed by the Basque Government in late 2021 to replace Judge Joaquin Giménez.
At their last appearance in the Basque Parliament last November, Ibarra and the member of the committee, Mira Ortubay, denounced the difficulties of access to police documentation and the lack of means to carry out their work, and regretted that there was no official way of finding out whether the members of the police were implementing the recommendations made by the committee.
New appointments
The new appointments have been ratified today by the Governing Council. The Basque Country Police Control and Transparency Commission is composed of a Chairman and five Members, and all but one of its posts are renewed.
The members of the Commission who complete their term of office are Francisco Javier Hernáez, Estafania Ocariz, Jose Antonio Nieto and Mira Ortubay.
Thus, the Governing Council held today approved the new composition of the Basque Country Police Control and Transparency Commission, composed of Enrique Lucas Murillo de la Cueva, Nieves Martínez de Antoñana, Marta Aldaondo Garaizabal, Santiago Ron Cruzelegui and Jose Antonio Gonzalez Saiz.
In addition, Jose Julio Gonzalez Zamanillo remains a member of the Basque Country Police Control and Transparency Commission.
The new members are appointed for a period of five years, and their appointments shall enter into force on 14 January, following their publication in the Official Gazette of the Basque Country.
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