The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande Marlaskadeclared Thursday in Pamplona that he respects the judicial decisions, but does not share the “imputation” of the Supreme Court of the Attorney General of the State, Álvaro Garcia Ortiza decision which, as he stressed, causes him “sadness” as a jurist and as a citizen.
According to the head of the Interior, who participated at the University of Navarra in the III Conference “Telling Terror”, García Ortiz “did what he should have done, that is why it makes me so sad and obviously the only thing the state attorney general has done “is to fight crime and especially disinformation, which comes from someone who has admitted to the commission of the crime,” he said.
For this reason, he considered that the Attorney General “was always legitimized for the exercise of his profession and I believe that now, if possible, it is more legitimized” to continue to carry out his duties.
He stressed that “this accusation should not have happened” and supported the Attorney Generalbecause “he carries out the work entrusted to him with the greatest dignity”.
The Attorney General was accused of disseminating information about the proceedings for alleged tax fraud of Albert Gonzalez Amadorpartner of the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Diaz Ayuso.
“Reach”
Likewise, Marlaska stressed to journalists that what the Attorney General did, “and in a clear way”, was “to fulfill his duty, which is to inform and raise public awareness on something as important as refuse a hoax“.
This deception, he indicated, consisted of “a person who had recognized tax offenses and sought an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, denied this last circumstance”, which the prosecutor, “with the need to give true information“, he had to deny in his opinion.
The minister affirmed that it is “sad” and contradictory that the Attorney General is criticized for providing this information when all judicial authorities, “from the Supreme Court to the superior courts of justice, created twenty years what we call law offices.” ” communication”.
