Prosecutor María de la O Silva is Substituted in the Case
The prosecutor María de la O Silva has been removed from the case of the complaint filed by Alberto González Amador, the partner of the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, against the chief prosecutor of Madrid, Pilar Rodríguez, and the prosecutor of economic crimes, Julián Salto, for crimes of revealing secrets. The person in charge of replacing her will be the senior prosecutor of Extremadura, Francisco Javier Montero Juanes, who until now was handling the case after Silva invoked article 27 of the Organic Statute of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (EOMF) so that the Board of Chamber Prosecutors could rule on the discrepancy of opinion that he maintained with his hierarchical superior, the lieutenant prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Ángeles Sánchez Conde, regarding the admission of the complaint.
Appointment of Francisco Javier Montero Juanes
Judicial sources have indicated that the case has been assigned to Francisco Javier Montero because the complaint affects two Madrid prosecutors, including the chief prosecutor. The Public Ministry has considered it pertinent that the case be handled by a prosecutor outside of this Provincial Prosecutor’s Office. Montero will be in charge of defending the position of the Prosecutor’s Office, which was established by Sánchez Conde on April 24 after a Board of Court Prosecutors that supported his criteria compared to that of the then prosecutor of the case, who requested that the case be archived. .
Decision of the Board of Prosecutors of the Chamber
The Board of Prosecutors of the Chamber, after six hours of deliberation, supported with 19 votes in favor, 12 against and one abstention, the number 2 of the ministry, which defended that there is no crime or evidence against the defendants, against the Silva’s criteria, which proposed investigating before informing the judge for or against the admission of the complaint. Unanimously, the Board concluded that the communications between the prosecutors in the case and the attorney general, Álvaro García Ortiz, should not be intervened before reporting in favor or against the admission of the complaint, as proposed by Silva.
Report Presented by María de la O Silva
The day after the meeting, Silva presented a report to the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid with the criteria established by Sánchez Conde. In the letter he requested that the complaint be inadmissible, since he considered that the publication of the press release “was limited to providing truthful information to the public without revealing data, facts or documents that had not already been disseminated in different media and before “The demand for corroboration of the published news lacks criminal legal relevance to proceed with the opening of criminal proceedings.”
