The Spanish Government

Summoned by the youth organization Ernai, hundreds of people have taken to the streets this afternoon in Gernika to protest against the visit tomorrow of King Philip VI of Spain.  They have denounced that "the current Spanish regime is built on the ashes of the 1937 bombing" and its symbol is the king. 

The Government will be left with one less Member, since Ábalos has tended to vote in line with the PSOE, and given that Junts has announced his vote against all the Government's proposals, things will become a little more difficult for the Government in Congress.

Supreme Court Judge Leopoldo Puente has decided to temporarily send former Minister José Luis Ábalos and his former adviser Koldo García to prison without bail for alleged irregularities in the sale of masks by the Ministry of Transport during the pandemic. 

In addition to the salary increase, the pact includes staff reinforcement and internal promotion improvements. CCOO has not yet supported the agreement.

The report of the General Council of the Judiciary is mandatory but not binding. The Commission has ascertained that Peramato fulfils the merits and conditions of his appointment as Attorney-General of the State: fifteen years of professional practice as a renowned lawyer. Peramato will now need the approval of the Justice Committee of the Congress of Deputies. 

For her part, the first Vice-President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, has denied having held this meeting and has confirmed that she is not concerned about what former Minister José Luis Ábalos may say.

Both parties accuse him of blocking transparency and preventing the Zabalza family from obtaining the truth. They also accuse him of being opaque and call for the declassification of documents without waiting for the new Official Secrets Act.

During his speech at the Forum Europe-Tribuna Euskadi, the PSE-EE Secretary General stated that the Spanish Government was also a "victim" of the military uprising. The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, asked the Spanish Government to acknowledge the injustice caused by the Franco dictatorship. 

Teresa Peramato, a career prosecutor who has been in the Public Prosecutor's Office for 35 years and has the "unanimous approval" of legal operators, has a long history, especially in the fight against gender-based violence, and is considered one of the "greatest drivers" of judicial specialization in this field.

The Spanish Government has taken the step hours after Alvaro García Ortiz resigned from office. The Supreme Court has sentenced him to two years' disqualification.

The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, has been asked about the information published by the newspaper 'El Español'  in Luanda, Angola, about the meeting between Arnaldo Otegi, Santos Cerdán and three to agree to a motion of censure, which the president has denied.

Sanchez spoke for the first time of the conviction of Prosecutor Alvaro García Ortiz. Johannesburg, during the press conference he gave on the occasion of the G20 Assembly. The Supreme Court sentenced the Attorney General totwo years' disqualification  eta with a fine of 7,200 euros.  

The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, has stated that he continues to believe in the innocence of the Attorney General of the State, Alvaro García Ortiz, adding that he does not share the Supreme Court's ruling, but believes that it makes no sense to speak of a pardon.

The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, calls for the reparation and recognition of the injustice committed by the Spanish State during the dictatorship. In his words, "the State still owes a great deal to the recognition of the injustices suffered by the Basque Country in the past".

The President of the Spanish Government has recalled on social media the 50th anniversary of Franco's death.

According to government sources, the process to replace García Ortiz will begin in the next few days.

The Ertzaintza has expressed its opinion on the decision taken in this regard and has been in favour of not stigmatising anyone by origin.

Espainiako presidenteak Euskadiren nahiak entzungo dituela esan du, baina azken erabakia nazioarteko federazioen esku dagoela azpimarratu du.

The Official Secrets Act of 1968 was born within the framework of the Franco dictatorship, and although 50 years have passed since the death of the dictator, its reform has not yet been carried out. The regime of official secrets in force in the Spanish State empowers the Council of Ministers and the Council of Chiefs of Staff to classify information that may endanger the security and defence of the State into two categories: secret and reserved.