He fiscal of the Begoña Gómez case, which in practice has constantly defended the interests of Pedro Sánchez’s wife, has presented itself to a promotion contest opened by Alvaro Garcia Ortizthe state attorney general. As OKDIARIO has learned, José Manuel San Baldomero has applied for neither more nor less than prosecutor of the National Court. He will have five rivals. He stands in the position 1,323 from the ranks of the Public Ministry. He has three rivals above his grade and two below competing for that position.
He Fiscal Councilthe body of the Public Prosecutor’s Office that assists the State Attorney General in his functions, will address the matter in a few days «discretionary competition by which vacant positions in the Fiscal Career are called for their filling. He also plans to study the report on candidates for promoter of Disciplinary Action and his substitute. On the other hand, the Fiscal Council will also study the balance of the international activity of the Prosecutor’s Office and the report to the Draft Organic Law for the protection of minors in digital environments. In the Fiscal Council, García Ortiz is in the minority against prosecutors critical of his management. However, he often does not take into account the criteria of the prosecutors who represent the entire body.
Prosecutor San Baldomero, known for aligning mathematically with the positions of Antonio CamachoBegoña Gómez’s lawyer, will compete with Luisa Llopwho currently already works in the Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court as a Detachment; with Luisa Lafontwho works in the Prosecutor’s Office of the Community of Madrid, with two prosecutors from the Provincial of Madrid and another from Gerona.
On the other hand, Álvaro García Ortiz will have to listen to the Fiscal Council’s assessment for the key positions of Chief Chamber Prosecutor of the Supreme Court and prosecutor of the Supreme Court of the Civil Section. However, the attorney general may subsequently on a discretionary basis, appoint whoever he wants regardless of the criteria of the Fiscal Council, made up mostly of members of prosecutors’ associations especially opposed to García Ortiz. In fact, the attorney general has promoted members related to his ideology and his organization, the Progressive Union of Prosecutors. Among others, he has promoted Dolores Delgado, Teresa Gisbert or Isabel Rodríguez Mateo. This is a strategy to colonize the Public Ministry for the coming years and have it have a leftist profile, denounce the sources consulted.
For the most important position at stake, that of Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, prosecutors who are very well placed in the ranks are presented, such as Javier Zaragoza (2 of the ranking), Alvaro Redondo (4) –this is the prosecutor of the Tsunami case who ruled out that there was terrorism in relation to Carles Puigdemont–, José Martínez (6) –current prosecutor of the Supreme Court and former senior prosecutor of Castilla-La Mancha–, Jaime Moreno (11) –current prosecutor of the Chamber deputy coordinator of Penitentiary Surveillance assigned to the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court–, María Dolores Garrido (23), Francisco Javier Muñoz (26), Fernando Prieto (71) and Rafael Escobar (83).
For the position of Supreme Court prosecutor, the candidacy of Almudena Lastrasenior prosecutor of the Community of Madrid and 488th in the ranking. This prosecutor has also issued a letter in favor of the interests of Begoña Gómez. She has prepared a document in which she requests that Pedro Sánchez’s complaint be admitted for processing and that a case be opened for prevarication against Judge Juan Carlos Peinado.
In addition, the positions of senior prosecutor of Cantabrialieutenant prosecutor of Asturias, lieutenant prosecutor and chief prosecutor of the Valencian Community and lieutenant prosecutor of Aragon.
Aligned with the PSOE
For his part, prosecutor San Baldomero accumulates a long list of writings in favor of Begoña Gómez since Peinado opened the case on April 16. 155 days ago he assigned the head of Government’s wife the status of accused, as published by OKDIARIO. The prosecutor has maintainedor an active defense by Begoña Gómez. He has recorded several texts in which he asks ignore the evidence against her and the direct file of the case, states that the judge’s decisions seem to seek a “general cause” against him in a disproportionate manner or, among others, talks about “conjectures” or “errors” in the magistrate’s instruction.
San Baldomero has criticized each of Judge Peinado’s decisions, discrediting his supposed “speed” and asking for the case to be archived because it is considered an investigation “prospective.” Another controversy came when the judge refused to lift the secrecy of the summary, which was extended until May. The prosecutor, in line with Camacho’s defense, considered this measure “disproportionate” harming the rights of Begoña Gómez. Likewise, the prosecutor asked for clarifications on the citation of the rector of the Complutense University and of the appearance of the accused. Now, San Baldomero has hopes of making the leap to the judicial elite and reaching the National Court, where the most serious cases in the country are investigated, such as those related to terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking, crimes against the Crown or economic crimes that They cause serious damage to Spain.
