Prosecutors' Association criticizes State Attorney General's response on Leire Díez case

The majority Prosecutors' Association deems the information provided by the Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the meetings insufficient.

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The Prosecutors' Association (AF) has described the State Attorney General's Office's (FGE) response regarding meetings held with former socialist militant Leire Díez as 'insufficient' and 'generic'.

The Prosecutors' Association (AF), the largest in the judicial career, has expressed its dissatisfaction this Wednesday with the information provided by the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) concerning the presence of former socialist militant Leire Díez in its facilities.
The FGE informed Judge Santiago Pedraz, who is investigating an alleged plot to disrupt judicial processes against the PSOE or the Government, about two meetings between Diego Villafañe, former right-hand man of ex-Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz, and Leire Díez, along with lawyer Jacobo Teijelo.
According to the FGE, during these meetings, the lawyer communicated "facts allegedly committed by third parties that could have criminal relevance" and his intention to file "several complaints with the Prosecutor's Office related to those facts".
The AF has denounced in a statement that the information provided by the Attorney General's Office is scarce and does not answer crucial questions, such as how the action occurred, who authorized it, what decisions were made, and why ordinary procedures governing the institution's functioning were bypassed.
For the association, transparency is a fundamental pillar, and therefore, they demand "complete, verifiable, and public" explanations. They add that "this was the moment to vindicate the constitutional values that inspire the actions of the Public Prosecutor's Office and to unambiguously reject any attempt to intimidate or attack those who exercise their functions with independence".
The connections of the former PSOE militant with the Prosecutor's Office have emerged within the framework of investigations by the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard into this alleged plot.