The Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz, He was indicted this week by the Supreme Court for allegedly revealing secrets linked to the investigation against the boyfriend of Madrid President Isabel Díaz Ayuso, Alberto González Amador, accused of tax fraud and document falsification. This is an unprecedented fact for which the prosecutor refused to resign, while The government has made a closed defense of its actions. A laSexta barometer asks Spaniards about the decision García Ortiz should take in the context of an investigation.
According to data from the InvyMark Institute survey carried out on October 14 for laSexta, 51.3% of respondents they believe that the state attorney general must resign after being charged by the High Court for revealing secrets. A slightly higher percentage than those surveyed who think García Ortiz should stay in power (47.9%).
In this barometer carried out on a base of 1,200 people, opinions are disparate depending on political preferences since only 4.2% of PSOE voters demand resignation compared to 95.3%. The opposite is true among Popular Party voters: 97.5% consider that García Ortiz should resign from his post, compared to 2.1%.
The behavior is repeated among Vox and Suma votersr, parties in which the majority respectively advocates that the prosecutor leave office and remain in office. Furthermore, depending on gender and age, the differences in percentages in favor and against his resignation are similar.
The debate over whether the state attorney general should resign arose from his accusation. after a complaint from Ayuso’s boyfriend. Currently, García Ortiz has the full support of the government, while the Council and the Fiscal Council have divergent opinions on whether or not the prosecutor should resign. After several meetings, the tax department finally supported García Ortiz and race representatives requested his resignation.
On the part of the Executive and despite pressure from the opposition, “were expressed from the first moment in a clear and resounding manner: They respect the position of the Supreme Court, but they support the action of the state attorney general because he did his job, which he had to do. » This was stated by the President of the Government himself, Pedro Sánchez, who requested the resignation of Ayuso.
