The institutional clash between the Executive and the Judiciary had a new chapter today following the agreement of the Governing Chamber of the National Court, which unanimously decided to defend Judge María Tardón, responsible for studying a complaint about the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta at the end of July.
After learning of the complaints from the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, about the magistrate’s decision to order the National Police, as judicial police, not to inform superiors of the result of their report, the Court has reacted.
“The Governing Chamber of the National Court wishes to express its absolute support for the actions of Magistrate María Tardón, who has not only refrained from interfering with national security through her judicial actions, but rather is acting to preserve and defend the general interest of Spain, within the framework of scrupulous respect for her judicial functions,” the agreement states.
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Grande-Marlaska sent a letter yesterday to the president of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) to express his disagreement with Tardón’s order prohibiting agents from communicating the conclusions of the report commissioned to understand the events in Ceuta, possible authorship, and the existence of prior alerts about the massive entry on July 30 and 31.
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Isabel Perelló reacted with utmost speed to warn the minister, a career judge, that the law contemplates the role of the judicial police.
The Governing Chamber, chaired by the president of the Court Juan Manuel Fernández, has taken the same stance in what it considers an intrusion into the judicial work of the investigating judge: “The Governing Chamber of the National Court wishes to thank the response of the president of the Supreme Court and the CGPJ in defense of judicial independence and, in particular, of the magistrate of this National Court, demanding the utmost respect for her from political authorities.”
Marlaska initiated these moves after learning that the police report delivered to Tardón pointed to the passivity of Moroccan police at the border on those days and to a plan orchestrated to destabilize Spain.
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