Anger over Sánchez's pressure on the Supreme Court

The criminal proceedings against the Attorney General in the Supreme Court have once again strained relations between the executive and judicial branches. Far from maintaining the required impartiality, government spokespeople and Pedro Sánchez himself have criticized the investigation and the trial itself, unprecedented in our democracy, which is scheduled to last until Wednesday.

On that day , Álvaro García Ortiz testified, facing charges for the crime of revealing private secrets, an offense punishable by two to four years in prison and suspension from public office for one to three years under the Penal Code . During the initial witness testimonies, the undisguised eagerness of both the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Moncloa Palace (the Prime Minister's office) to publicize the tax audit of a then-anonymous citizen was proven, with the aim of politically damaging his partner, Isabel Díaz Ayuso , the President of the Community of Madrid.

Despite this, Sánchez has publicly stated that the testimony given in court confirms the innocence of the Attorney General. This unprecedented declaration, according to the largest association of prosecutors in Spain, constitutes a blatant attempt to pressure the Supreme Court justices to acquit García Ortiz. The president has never gone so far in his statements regarding ongoing legal proceedings, demonstrating his nervousness about the possibility of a conviction that would expose the serious deterioration of public institutions caused by Sánchez and his allies.