The General Council of the Judicial System (CGPJ) agreed on Wednesday that Miguel Ángel Larrosa continues as the president of the Provincial Court of Mercia, according to sources from the government organization consulted by Europe Press.
Larrosa, who was appointed President of the Provincial Court in 2016, entered the judicial career in 1988, with his first assignments being the courts of first instance and instruction number 2 in Lorca (Murcia) and number 3 in Elche (Alicante).
In December 1991, he continued to hold the seat of the First Court of the 8th Court in Murcia, and in June 2005, he was appointed a magistrate of the Provincial Court in the Fifth section, in Cartagena, where he remained until April 2015.
In the field of education, he was a professor of procedural law at the University of Murcia and at the School of Legal Practice of the same university. He was also a professor at the Murcia Psychological School and a professor in the Master of Judicial Advice for Business.
He was also a teacher of judges in training at the Judicial School and a master in international courses for the training of Ibero-American judges, in various projects coordinated by the CGPJ for the consolidation of the judicial system in Honduras, Bolivia, El Salvador, Panama, Paraguay, and Nicaragua.
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In addition, the CGPJ agreed on another 29 appointments in the judicial hierarchy, which includes the conservative magistrate Juan Manuel Fernández as the president of the National Court (AN), leaving the main criminal and controversial chambers between the Supreme Court (TS), before the persistent disagreement between the progressive and conservative blocs. CGPJ.
In this way, the vocal members ratified what both blocs agreed on «at the last minute» on Tuesday night, a total of 30 appointments from the usual jurisdiction, affecting the presidents of the TS theaters, of the year, of the High Courts (TSJ) in Andalusia, and the other provincial courts.
The key point was the presidency of the civil, criminal, administrative dispute, and the Supreme Social, which the president of the CGPJ and the Supreme Court, Isabel Perelló, included a few days before on the agenda, despite the fact that at that time.
In these days, negotiations between the two blocs frantically occurred to try to unblock these four appointments, but the obstacle remains the same: the progressive vocal members advocate for the candidates Ana Ferrer and Pilar Teso for the second and third chambers respectively; While their conservative colleagues advocate for retaining the incumbents who are already presiding, Andrés Martínez Arrieta and Pablo Lucas.
The importance of these two specific chambers is that the criminal one is in charge of investigating and, as the case may be, judging high-ranking officials, including government members, senators, and deputies, among other senior functions such as the Attorney General; While the controversial administrative chamber is responsible for overseeing the legality of executive decisions through the appeals that arise.
At this moment, on the eve of the conclave, the possibility of leaving these two appointments to later be in agreement with the presidents of the first and fourth chambers of the TS and the other 35 appointments that were pending on February 12.
Therefore, according to this Agreement, the CGPJ appointed the conservative magistrate Ignacio Sancho as the president of the Civil Chamber of the TS, the only candidate for this position; The progressive candidate, Incepción Urente, the President of the Social Chamber of the same court, ousted his conservative opponent, Juan Molins.
In the National Court, Juan Manuel Fernández was appointed president of this court, against applicants such as María Tardón, Enrique López, and Elo Velasco. In addition, the CGPJ named the veteran magistrate Alfonso Guevara as president of the Criminal Chamber and the progressive magistrate Manuela Fernández de Prado as president of the Appeals Chamber.
Lack of unanimous support among progressives
Although the plenary session ratified it, the truth is that this agreement does not convince the entire progressive bloc. While some vocal members see it as a pragmatic solution to advance with pending appointments, others see it as an imposition on their conservative colleagues due to their negative stance on admitting the candidates Ferrer and Teso.
Sources indicate that the main obstacle for the conservative bloc is the candidacy of Ferrer, which was the subject of two recent particular votes: one in which she supported amnesty, thus distancing herself from her comrades over the «Procés Court»; And another, signed with Susana Polo, where they marked the sentence confirming the convictions in the «case», who argued that the former Andalusian president José Antonio Griñán had to be sentenced.
In addition, progressive members warn of the risk that, if this batch of appointments is not reacted to, the presidents of the second and third chambers, and if the conservative wing persists in its veto of Teso, the current «de facto» situation, with Martínez Arrieta and Lucas under the respective chambers, will be consolidated for the next two years.
«The rule of parity»
One of the key points of the four appointments in the TS was the rule of parity, according to which «the principle of balanced presence of women and men will be guaranteed, so that individuals of each gender do not exceed 60% or are less than 40%». However, at this point, the progressive and conservative blocs of the CGPJ were not in agreement.
Progressive vocal members have argued that at least two of the four positions should be resolved in favor of women. On the other hand, their conservative colleagues have argued that parity should be an aspiration in the set of appointments to be made by over 100 heirs of the former CGPJ, prioritizing merit and ability over gender as selection criteria.
It should be noted that for any discretionary appointment, 13 votes are needed, so it is not enough for a single bloc, with ten vocal members, but a cross-party agreement is needed.
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