The majority of judges support a three-day strike starting today.

All judges' and prosecutors' associations, with the sole exception of Judges for Democracy and the Progressive Union of Prosecutors, have been supporting a three-day strike this morning to protest the justice reform promoted by the central government.

The organizing associations reject the changes in access to the career and prosecutor's office and consider this reform to be an attack on judicial independence.

This mobilization is supported by members of the Professional Association of the Judiciary, the Francisco de Vitoria Judicial Association, the Independent Judicial Forum, the Association of Prosecutors (AF), and the Professional and Independent Association of Prosecutors (APIF).

The conveners have set their own minimum services given that the CGPJ lacks powers

This is not the first judicial strike in Spain. The first judges' strike was called in 2009 during the presidency of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. There were two other strikes in 2018. However, the strike has never lasted three consecutive days like this one.

The strike committee, made up of representatives from the organizing associations, has established minimum services and, in theory, must notify those who have supported them in order to reduce their salaries according to the number of days the protest lasts.

This is because the General Council of the Judiciary and the Prosecutor's Office's Inspectorate lack jurisdiction, as there is no legal framework for the exercise of the right to strike by judges and prosecutors. Thus, it is the strike committee itself that organizes itself.

Yesterday, the Attorney General reminded prosecutors that, although they cannot set minimum services, they must ensure that the strike does not harm citizens' rights.

For his part, the Minister of the Presidency and Justice, Félix Bolaños, has warned that the judges' protests will not prevent the reforms he is promoting from being approved.