The President of the Council of State, Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vegahas communicated his resignation from the position, which will be confirmed in the Council of Ministers next Tuesday, October 18, according to sources from the highest advisory body of the Government.
The resignation occurs after fulfilling the commitment acquired by De la Vega with Pedro Sánchez to be four years at the head of the Council of State and to undertake a series of reforms such as the digitization and transparency of the institution.
However, it is foreseeable that De la Vega will continue as permanent member of said Council, although it is also the Executive who must approve the appointment. In fact, a position in the Permanent Commission of the Council of State will remain vacant since last week the permanent counselor elected by the PSOE resigned Victoria Camps.
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De la Vega’s dismissal was anticipated by ElDebate earlier this week, but was denied by the Council of State. To this day they have not confirmed it. According to this medium, De la Vega will return to lifetime charge that she had previously and that she had lost when she was appointed as president of the Council of State in July 2018, after the motion of censure that brought Pedro Sánchez to Moncloa. She thus returning to be one of the 9 life directors.
If finally on Tuesday the Executive did not appoint a new president, the head of the first section could hold the acting position, Miguel Herrero and Rodríguez de Miñon.