Madrid ,. The state attorney general in Spain, Eduardo Torres-Dulce, resigned Thursday one year before leaving office after received strong pressure to act Voting against the independence of Catalonia, judged unconstitutional by the government. The highest representative of the prosecution in Spain, appointed by the Government of Mariano Rajoy for an entire legislature but independent action, announced the decision in a statement It citing “personal reasons”
“It has communicated its decision to the Minister of Justice. Torres-Dulce return to their place in the Prosecutor’s Office at the Constitutional Court, “says the body ju dicial.
In office for three years, this original criminal 64, who is also a film critic, had earned a reputation for independence especially for the actions of justice in several corruption scandals splashed especially the ruling Popular Party (PP, conservative).
“There have never tolerated the government tells me what I have to do, and do not you tolerate because quite simply it is a crime, “he recently said in Congress.
” I do not think myself I can say in any way that I am a climate conducive to the government prosecutor, “he insisted, noting that during his tenure the Bárcenas case began, an alleged plot bonuses in black and illegal financing led by extesorero PP, Luis Barcenas, now in prison.
This claim was produced after the crisis caused by the organization in Catalonia in a symbolic vote on independence last November 9 despite being suspended by the Constitutional Court.
Nearly 1 9 million Catalans supported independence at the ballot where they could vote about 6.3 million of the 7.5 million inhabitants of this region.
In the days following the consultation, several officials Popular Party publicly pressured the prosecutor to file a complaint against the regional president, Artur Mas nationalist, prompting scrutiny.
Torres-Dulce replied that he would take the time to study the case, which was delegated to the chief prosecutor of Catalonia, territorial jurisdiction.
But this issue is particularly sensitive in crisis between Barcelona and Madrid, also divided the public ministry.
In mid-November, the prosecutors of Catalonia was inadequate legal action so Torres-Dulce, in consultation with an advisory body for the prosecution had to impose its hierarchy to sue Mas and two members of his government on November 19.
In a statement, the Justice Department accepted the decision of the Prosecutor and thanked Torres-Dulce his “Three years of hard work with difficult and of great tension in which the Office has always maintained its autonomy time.”
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