Vice-President Montero’s statements against judges: “It is a direct attack on fundamental constitutional principles”

When the flames of controversy have not yet been extinguished by the statements of the First Vice President, Maria Jesús Montero, against the presumption of innocence,...

The PP spokesperson in the European Parliament and vice-president of the European people's group, Dolors Montserrat , has formally denounced to the European Commissioner of Justice, Michael McGrath, what she considers to be "the government's latest attack on judicial independence, framed in a repeated offensive of extreme gravity against judges."In a letter sent to McGrath, the popular spokesman places the focus on the recent statements of the f…

Feijóo insists after the vice president's statements on the sentence of the Dani Alves case: "She has two options: to resign or to be terminated" The PP launches for Montero and demands her resignation for questioning Dani Alves' acquittal

Numerous Supreme judgements set out the three parameters that must be met in order for a testimony to be put before the presumption of innocence.

The sources consulted indicate that Montero's words are due to "the cruelness of the sentence" which absolves Alves of the crime of sexual assault and contradicts a first decision that had condemned him

On Monday, all the associations of judges and prosecutors responded to the criticisms of the Vice President of the Government, María Jesús Montero, who had questioned the decision of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia to acquit former footballer of FC Barcelona, Dani Alves, from a crime of sexual assault. In their response, the groups of judges and prosecutors have stressed that "criticisms of judicial decisions are legitimate, but they must…