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Justice, one of the three powers of the Spanish State, is immersed in a profound reform championed by the Minister of Justice, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón. He began imposing court fees, that have made access to justice more expensive and less accessible, and has continued with the bill to limit universal justice.
But the icing on the cake has been the reform of the Organic Law of the Judiciary (LOPJ), and therefore, of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), the regulatory body for judges that guarantees their independence.
The new procedure for electing its twenty members represents greater political interference, and the limitation of its capacity to act and powers have caused the CGPJ to lose institutional power.
A slow and ineffective system, which the political caste takes advantage of and which hinders judges from investigating cases of corruption, a Prosecutor's Office whose president is elected and controlled by the Executive.
Punto de Mira delves into Spanish Justice and the path that Mariano Rajoy's Government has chosen for it.
