The Spanish government is processing a first pardon request for the former attorney general

BarcelonaTwo months after the Supreme Court disqualified the then Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García OrtizFor the crime of disclosing classified information, the Spanish government is processing its first request for a full pardon. According to reports The Country And sources at Moncloa Palace confirmed to the EFE news agency that the Ministry of Justice has already asked the Supreme Court to issue a report on the pardon after it was requested by two private individuals. This is the first pardon request since García Ortiz was convicted for leaking the email in which Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner, Alberto González Amador, admitted to tax fraud. It should be remembered that, despite the outcome of the case, Pedro Sánchez's government and the president himself have consistently supported the former Attorney General. The Prosecutor's Office has already has asked that the conviction be overturned And this Tuesday, more than 150 legal experts, including former Supreme Court magistrates such as José Antonio Martín Pallín and former National Court judge Baltasar Garzón, signed a manifesto in which they criticize the sentence "Disturbing" against Ortiz.

On the contrary, González Amador requested on Monday the expulsion of Álvaro García Ortiz from the judiciary following his disqualification. His defense, in fact, asked to overturn the decree of December 23rd by which the current Attorney General, Teresa Peramato, agreed to reinstate her predecessor to the Public Prosecutor's Office with his assignment to the Social Section of the Supreme Court.