The togas call for elections

The day after the PP demonstration in Madrid, a Supreme Court ruling proposes a trial against the State Attorney GeneralThe crime of which Judge Ángel Hurtado considers him a suspect is the same one that the PP and the inevitable Ayuso have been attributing to him for months: disclosure of secrets. It is assumed that the Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz, would have requested, and circulated, an email from Ayuso's partner, the already famous González Amador, in which he asked for a pact with the Prosecutor's Office in exchange for admitting some of the fraudulent activities with which he has enriched himself. The toxic Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, pioneer of the criminal and arrogant rhetoric that has prevailed in Madrid politics, had already predicted it: the Attorney General was going to go forwardWell, here we have it. The Supreme Court not only agrees in this case with the hitman's opinion, but also with that of the gang leader (you see, we've ended up with a mafia analogy): everyone is aware of Aznar's order when he dropped the line "whoever can do it, let them do it."

Supreme Court Justice Ángel Hurtado, diligently, does what he can: that is, see indications that prosecutor García Ortiz could have leaked an email that everyone knew about. For a Supreme Court to so intensely poke holes in a State Attorney General is unprecedented (the Spanish right has recently rallied behind these unprecedented events), and if the prosecutor is formally charged and brought to trial, institutional crisis and the deterioration of the rule of law (this is something that worries him) will ensue. A storm of commentary on whether Pedro Sánchez should now call elections is foreseeable, along with a multitude of responses depending on the multiplicity of interests of each commentator. Two things are certain: one, failing to complete legislative terms has become an ugly habit, which, among other undesirable consequences, disrupts the normal functioning of public life with excessive frequency. And two, it's painful to know what Sánchez will calculate, but what is clear is the Supreme Court's desire to force the calling of elections.

Spanish democracy will remain flawed as long as the justice system continues to intervene in politics and governance through its dossiers, rulings, and sentences. The justice system's ability to impose a narrative that defies the truth known to the public is undeniable: during the Proceso trial, we saw dozens of police officers parade past, some of whom had beaten people in the streets, claiming they had never been as scared as during the October 1st referendum. This isn't just the "verification." Marchena has published a book defending this shameful trial, which he, in turn, considers a finished work of art. The PP (People's Party) has its dirty hands on the politicization of the justice system, but so does the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), which has played along for decades. However, all citizens are paying the consequences.