The political and judicial right are pushing pressure on the Attorney General to the limit.

MadridThe political and judicial right is pushing the pressure on the Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz, to the limit for his attendance this Friday at the opening ceremony of the judicial year at the Supreme Court. García Ortiz, who is about to go to trial for the alleged disclosure of a confidential email from Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner, must publicly present the report of the Prosecutor's Office in a session that will be presided over by Felipe VI and which The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will not attend., breaking with tradition. The conservative leader did so in protest of García Ortiz's presence, and right-wing judges' and prosecutors' associations joined the clash and, through a statement, asked the Attorney General not to attend. Furthermore, the conservative bloc of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) asked its president, Isabel Perelló, in a letter to inform García Ortiz of the "inappropriateness" of him participating in the event, according to the statement. The World and has been confirmed by ARA.

"To seat a person next to the king and before the judiciary against whom an oral trial will probably be opened is an unusual act that constitutes an act of contempt for the basic principles of the rule of law and for the head of state himself, undermines the credibility of justice and affects all judges and each and every one of them, the scrupulous respect for the principle of legality," denounce in a statement the Professional Association of the Judiciary (APM), the Association of Prosecutors (AF) and the Independent Professional Association of Prosecutors (APIF), the latter of which has appeared in the judicial case against García Ortiz.

The Attorney General has no intention of failing in his duty—he has already made it clear that he would not resign despite the indictment, and the Spanish government continues to close ranks behind him—and, after presenting the Public Prosecutor's Office's report to Felipe VI at Zarzuela Palace on Wednesday, he will do so with Sánchez at the Moncloa Palace on Thursday afternoon. And on Friday, he will do so publicly at the Supreme Court, with the question of whether the right-wing judges and prosecutors will make any kind of protest, such as not applauding him when he finishes his speech. Feijóo will not be present, something that the Minister of Justice, Félix Bolaños, sees as a "serious lack of consideration on the part of the Supreme Court, the Attorney General, the General Council of the Judiciary, and the entire judicial and prosecutorial profession." "Respecting democratic institutions is fundamental in a state governed by the rule of law," he tweeted to X.

The conservative media are not backing Feijóo.

Feijóo's main argument is that the Spanish government will place Felipe VI in a situation of "institutional tension" this Friday due to having to share a space with García Ortiz. However, the head of state himself had already received him on Wednesday at the Zarzuela Palace, and the Royal Household shared photographs of the meeting on its social media profiles. The Moncloa Palace took advantage of this morning to praise Feijóo's snub—although it was already known this Thursday at noon—taking advantage of the fact that the main conservative newspapers have not joined forces with the PP leader's decision. Moreover, some editorials have criticized Feijóo's absence from an institutional event of this nature as a strategic error.

However, Feijóo remained steadfast and maintained his conviction that with his "measured" decision not to attend the opening of the judicial year, he is providing "a better service to judicial independence and the depoliticization of justice." Speaking to the media this Thursday in Guadalajara, the PP leader responded to Bolaños by stating that he is the one who is "inconsiderate" toward the judges on a "continuous and constant" basis due to his "interference and constant disqualifications." García Ortiz's presence, he insisted, is a "provocation" that must be "denounced." "I do so with absolute respect for the entire judiciary, the King, and the General Council of the Judiciary," he asserted, citing the statement from the professional associations calling for the Attorney General not to attend. "Due to this loyalty and respect, I understand that my presence cannot validate the attacks and defamations of the President of the Spanish Government toward the judges, nor that García Ortiz is addressing the magistrates who are investigating him and who may be trying him," he emphasized.

At the same time as the event at the Supreme Court, the conservative president will attend a political event with Isabel Díaz Ayuso, precisely the main instigator of the legal case against García Ortiz, given that everything originated from the Prosecutor's Office's denial of a report about how a possible agreement between Albert Madrid and the Public Prosecutor's Office had been hatched in his tax fraud case. Feijóo, therefore, abandons institutionality to embrace the polarization promoted by Ayuso and her chief of staff, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, who in recent months has been anticipating judicial resolutions in the García Ortiz case with his already popular political following."It's going forward".

While the PP initially publicly excused his absence due to a prior commitment to Ayuso, Feijóo has made it clear that the real reason is to protest García Ortiz's presence. In fact, the PP president has explained that he had already informed the CGPJ in July that he would not attend if the Attorney General of the State participated.