Manuel Marchena (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1959) made a decision that would remain with him throughout his professional career. He resigned in 2018 from his positions as president of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) and the Supreme Court when it was published that former PP spokesperson in the Senate, Ignacio Cosidó, had praised himself in a message. that his party would control the second chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court "through the back door." Therefore, when Pedro Sánchez subsequently summoned him to Moncloa to once again propose that he preside over the governing body of the judges, he always rejected the offer. Marchena, a career prosecutor and now one of the most prestigious magistrates in the country, is working hard to rid himself of a stain that questions the independence he claimed in his resignation letter.