The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, Félix Bolaños, has avoided уточifying whether the Government will grant a pardon to the former Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz, while the Executive remains in office, although he has stressed that this has been a repeated practice in other previous governments.
"I am the least indicated person to give my opinion because I am the one who has to submit the proposal to the Council of Ministers," Bolaños stated in an interview on 'La noche en 24h', reported by Europa Press, and he added that he will give his opinion on the matter.
Despite not revealing his position, he insisted that first he must analyze the file "in depth" before "making the proposal to the Council of Ministers". Immediately afterward, he reiterated that "all governments in office have granted pardons."
The Supreme Court (TS) imposed on Ortiz a sentence of two years of disqualification and a fine of 7,200 euros for a crime of disclosure of secrets to the detriment of Alberto González Amador --the partner of the President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso--, whom it ordered to compensate with 10,000 euros for moral damages.