The Attorney General resigns after the Supreme Court's conviction.

BarcelonaThe Attorney General resigned this morning after being convicted last week of revealing secretsÁlvaro García Ortiz sent a letter early this morning to the Minister of Justice, Félix Bolaños, requesting his dismissal following the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify him from holding public office for two years for leaking an email in which Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner admitted to tax fraud. The letter, which has been released The Country And having also consulted the ARA (Argentine Anti-Corruption Report), the prosecutor asserts that his stepping aside "is an act owed not only to the Public Prosecutor's Office, but to all Spanish citizens." García Ortiz maintains that he is "convinced he has faithfully served the institution," and asks Bolaños to dismiss him "without even waiting to learn the reasoning behind the sentence." The Supreme Court made the sentence public last week—which also imposes a fine and compensation—although the justices have not yet drafted the full ruling.

The move by the current attorney general also comes after the Spanish president on Sunday, Pedro Sánchez will escalate his rhetoric against the judiciary and that the Constitutional Court would be urged to correct "some aspects of the ruling" against García Ortiz. "We accept the ruling, although we do not agree with it," he emphasized, reiterating the message conveyed by the Moncloa Palace since last Thursday.

The replacement of García Ortiz

Spanish government spokesperson Pilar Alegría has not provided any details about who will be the next Attorney General. In an interview on TVE, she simply stated that it will be "a committed individual, like Álvaro García Ortiz, dedicated to public service, truth, and the law." While awaiting the Spanish government's appointment of the new Attorney General, a decision expected in the coming days, the duties will be carried out by the Deputy Attorney General of the Supreme Court, María Ángeles Sánchez Conde. Furthermore, the Minister of Education emphasized that, pending the wording of the ruling, the "most important" aspect of the trial is the testimony of "all the journalists," who claimed to have seen the email in which Alberto González Amador, Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner, identified the prosecutor as the prosecutor. An email that "in no way reached them through the prosecutor." For this reason, Alegría stated that she "understands" that the Supreme Court's decision has generated "at least astonishment" in "many people." She pointed out that a more thorough review would have been more appropriate to avoid dissenting opinions—two judges voted against convicting García Ortiz—and to reach a unanimous decision, citing the Trial Court ruling as an example.