The president of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) and of the Supreme Court, Carlos Lesmeshas announced that this Monday he will present his resignation, given the inability of the two major parties, the PSOE and the PP, to renew this body, which is about to serve four years in office, which shows an unprecedented institutional crisis.
The decision, made public on Sunday night by the Council, comes after the precarious situation of the governing body of the judges –limited in its functions after the latest legal reforms – and the division between blocks has led to the failure of another renewal, that of the Constitutional Court, which must replace four of its magistrates because their mandates expired on June 12. Two of them must be designated by the members of the CGPJ, who should have reached a consensus to choose the names before last September 13 in compliance with a recent legal reform.
The vitiated atmosphere that the lack of political agreement has transferred to the Council has prevented agreement, placing the president in a difficult situation. Lesmes expressed his willingness to leave the organ once the members completed their legal assignmentsomething that has been impossible until now.