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Around 3,000 peopleamong them hundreds of Judges and prosecutorshave concentrated this Saturday, June 28 in Madrid in front of the headquarters of the Supreme Court to protest against the legislative projects undertaken by the Government, which They reinforce access to the race and the statute of the Fiscal Ministry.

The concentration has been convened by five associations which represent the majority of the judicial and fiscal race and has served as a prelude to the three -day strike convened for July 1, 2 and 3 by the same entities.

In the manifestationthe spokesmen The associations have requested the withdrawal of both projects, which in their opinion threaten judicial independence, to the cry of proclamations such as “Without rule of law there is no democracy”, “Judges placed, tricked processes” or “Bolaños, cheater, your law is a destruction.”

The spokesman of the Francisco de Vitoria Judicial Association (AJFV), Sergio Oliva, has said, in statements to the media, feeling excited “for the incredible support of citizens and stressed that the executive’s reforms are detrimental to everyone’s right to have professional, independent and impartial justice.

“We are going to fight with all our forces to prevent this law from being approved,” he said.

About him bill to modify access To the judicial and fiscal careers, the spokesmen have assured that “it does not respond to any social demand” and is being processed by urgency “without any reason for it.”

They have stressed that this project has received a very critical technical report from the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) and intends to reduce the excellence of knowledge in access to judicial and fiscal careers, with more subjective and susceptible tests of filtration.

Regarding the draft reform of the Organic Statute of the Fiscal Ministry, they have censored that it seeks to increase the power of the State Attorney General, who will continue to be appointed by the government “without any previous filter”, while eliminating the guarantees of autonomy of the prosecutors, “reducing the possibilities of opposing the orders of their bosses.”

He Framed these reforms In “a environment of continuous attack on the Judiciary and of discrediting of the Prosecutor’s Office”, with political statements that “delegitimize the judicial resolutions that bother” and treat the Fiscal Ministry as “an appendix of the Government”, which undermines the confidence of citizens in their justice.

They revindicate your right to strike

The president of the Professional Association of the Magistracy (APM), María Jesús del Barco, has confirmed before the media that the judges and prosecutors will exercise their right to strike “no matter how much some have wanted now, 15 years later”, question this right.

He General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) agreed by unanimity This week that this strike lacks normative support and, therefore, “It does not proceed“Have it announced or set minimal services when they lack competition for it.

“We are going to do it and we are going to do it with responsibility and with respect to citizens. But we have to strike for them, not only for us, for them too,” he said of the ship, who has specified that there will be minimal services to questions from journalists.

He President of the Independent Judicial Forum (FJI) Fernando Portillohas stressed that this Saturday’s protest no salary improvements or better working conditions are claimed but the protection of the rule of law, which will be “undermined” if these projects come forward.

Many of the attendees, among whom there were abounded flags of Spain, have issued shouts with insults aimed at the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, of which the representatives of the associations have several occasions stressing that it was an apolitical protest, in defense of the Judiciary.

When Sergio Oliva (AJFV) was reading the manifesto, he has been interrupted by a man who has begun to utter insults towards the president of the Government and the spokesman of the judges has reproached him, from the microphone: “Who insults himself defines himself, a gentleman.”

Las Five convening associations They are the Professional Association of Magistracy (APM), the Francisco de Vitoria Judicial Association (AJFV), Independent Judicial Forum (FJI), the Association of Prosecutors (AF) and the Professional and Independent Association of Prosecutors (APIF).