US EditionSpain nominates gender-based violence specialist as next chief prosecutor
Teresa Peramato, with over 35 years of experience and expertise in gender-based violence, is nominated to restore trust after her predecessor’s conviction for leaking confidential data.
- Coinciding with November 20th, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez nominated veteran prosecutor Teresa Peramato Martín as Spain's new attorney general, the Moncloa Palace confirmed.
- After a months-long probe and trial, Spain's Supreme Court found Álvaro García Ortiz, former Attorney General, guilty last week and suspended him for two years, fined him, and ordered $11,500 in damages.
- With more than 35 years of experience, Teresa Peramato Martín has led the Progressive Prosecutors' Union and served as chief criminal prosecutor at the Supreme Court Prosecutor's Office.
- The Council of Ministers began the confirmation process on Tuesday, with the Ministry of Justice requesting the formal appointment procedure and the CGPJ set to issue a non-binding opinion before the Justice Committee hearing and King Felipe VI's swearing-in.
- Prosecutors' associations say the nomination could restore credibility, with government sources saying she `has the unanimous recognition of legal professionals`; critics say it signals continuity due to Teresa Peramato Martín's ties to García Ortiz, weakening Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's coalition.
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The Spanish left-wing government proposed this Tuesday to a veteran prosecutor specializing in gender-based violence to replace the state attorney general, recently convicted of violating judicial secrecy. Álvaro García Ortiz, appointed in 2022 on the proposal of the left-wing government, resigned on Monday, after having been sentenced by the Supreme Court to two years of disqualification from holding office and a fine for leaking information fr…
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Spain nominates gender-based violence specialist as next chief prosecutor
Spain's government nominated Teresa Peramato, a specialist in the law around gender-based violence, as the next chief prosecutor on Tuesday, a day after the resignation of the previous incumbent who had been found guilty in a leak case.
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