I believe that the Vice-President of the European Commission Vera Jourova You will smile more widely than usual today. Because the magistrate Isabel Perello Domenech This morning she will take the oath or promise before the king in the Palace of La Zarzuela and will then take up her duties as president of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary in the plenary hall.
The first president of the High Court and the governing body of judges in one hundred and twelve years. Almost nothing. Did it have to be a woman? Yes, but not just any woman. Neither one nor the other Teso neither one nor the other Ferrer. Few options. Progressive, but not bolaine. It is from Marguerite RoblesYeah. Also, Catalan, but few amnesties.
Without being a candidate, she was the key to consensus and unblocking, to the great dismay of the minister and to the satisfaction of the minister.
Perelló, the judge friend of Robles who criticized Lesmes for his sexist language and who will now preside over the CGPJ
– EL ESPAÑOL (@elespanolcom) September 3, 2024
Almost forty years of judicial career, with positions in the Court of First Instance, the Provincial Court, the High Court of Justice of Catalonia, the Contentious and Administrative Chamber of the TSJ of Andalusia, the National Court, the Constitutional Court and, since 2009, as a magistrate of the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court.
A course as solid as it is attractive in its diversity and coherence, with stops on issues such as competition, electoral demands, renewable energies, electricity regulation, European subsidies, IVIMA housing, the expulsion of minors, regulatory bodies and administrative contracts.
Recognized, respected and experienced, but far from the spotlight and headlines, It is said that with him, the independence of judges is already acquired.
He will have to prove it, but what he has achieved, to begin with, is to put an end to one of the broken steps which were left in Spain for the access of a woman to the highest responsibility of a key institution.
It is certainly not the last.
Spain has become the only major country in Western Europe (only the Netherlands and Ireland share this discouraging podium) to have never had a woman at the head of government. Despite undeniable progress in various social and political areas, our country still does not have a woman at the head of the Executive.
Nor in charge of the Interior portfolio, for that matter. And Margarita Robles was close.
Let’s not forget the military leadership. No JEMAD for forty years. Clearly, the demands here are more than a broken step. They are a huge gap in the pyramid. However, there are already three women at the general level, so if we can do it, we can do it.
And what do they tell me about the Bank of Spain? No woman governor since 1791. Besides two other exceptional candidates, we already had Marguerite Delgado as interim governor since June. With the non-renewable appointment of the presidency of the CGPJ and the Supreme Court, the coincidence in time of two significant events, two such powerful messages for society, would have been very timely and relevant.
But here the designation was intended to be as flamboyant as it had long been sought: Multiple Minister Escriva has always had the banking supervisor as his goal.
What is truly remarkable today is that Isabel Perelló assumes the colossal institutional responsibility of leading with probity and success two of the pillars of our rule of law, but also an additional task no less minor: promoting the transformation of the culture and policies that still prevent an effective gender balance in the judicial system, especially in the higher courts and in leadership positions. As a society, we need it and we will appreciate it.
