The executive president and director of EL ESPAÑOL, Pedro J. Ramirezparticipated this Wednesday in the Telecinco program gathering The critical lookwhere he analyzed political news, marked by the investigation by the Supreme Court against the Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz, for the alleged revelation of confidential data about the friend of the President of the Community of Madrid , Isabel Diaz Ayuso.
Pedo J. Ramírez requested his immediate resignation because it is the “maximum representative of the principle of legality”. “He heads a hierarchical structure in which he has the ability to request provisional measures in criminal proceedings. He exercises many functions in which impartiality and the appearance of impartiality are very important,” said the director of this newspaper.
The director of EL ESPAÑOL explained that “in the context of criminal proceedings, the principle of “indubio pro reo” –presumption of innocence-, but “for the moment, in the political domain, it is indubio pro citizens”, because society “has the right to have its mayors, its deputies, its ministers, without forgetting the state attorney general, do not exercise their responsibilities when suspicion of criminal action weighs on them.
“In half a century of democracy and in the I have been a newspaper editor for 44 years.“Every time the justice system has investigated a politician, a deputy or a minister, we have asked for their resignation,” said Pedro J. Ramírez.
“He is very bad and engaging in very less than exemplary conduct by clinging to his post”, he added. However, the director of this newspaper finds it even more serious that “the government encourages him”. This Wednesday, the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, Félix Bolaños, supported García Ortiz and said he was convinced that the investigation “will achieve nothing”.
He also underlined the importance of credibility which remains for Álvaro Garcia Ortiz after this Wednesday’s decision by the Supreme Court. “The principle of the appearance of impartiality and that of integrity are absolutely undermined,” he declared.
Pedro J. Ramírez urged the government to find a substitute. “There are perhaps many other prestigious jurists and the Government will surely find one it likes to replace him.”
The director of this newspaper concluded with regret that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, is “eroding democracy” asking his government to urge the attorney general “to cling to this position, which implies that the Supreme Court’s decision is not justified.”
