The opening of the most tense judicial year continues, marked by the controversial renewal of the TC – 20minutos.es

The Supreme Court will host the ceremonial act of the opening of the most tense judicial year in memory, not because of the almost four years of blockade of the CGPJ but because of the controversy surrounding the renewal of the TC, with the threat of a boycott by the conservative bloc, that in the last few hours has been opened to consensus but demanding certain conditions. Follow the act here live, starting at 12:00 noon, presided over by King Felipe VI:King Felipe VI will preside over the formal act of opening of the judicial year that brings together the country’s high magistracy, which pays great attention to what The president of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) and of the Supreme Court, Carlos Lesmes, has to say -it is his ninth speech- regarding the immediate future of the Constitutional Court. The one who will not attend as he is discharged at the last minute is the State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, who has tested positive for covid and will not be able to present the Prosecutor’s Report. Álvaro García Ortiz, who took office last Monday, will be replaced by the deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court, María Ángeles Sánchez Conde.