According to the information published this Tuesday, the popular prosecution maintains that García Ortiz's statement is "necessary" to clarify whether he had direct or indirect knowledge of the content of the meetings and what instructions, assessments, or guidelines he may have issued in this regard. It also asks for clarification on when he received that information and why no legal action was taken despite the possible relevance of the facts.
What the prosecution wants to clarify
The document also insists that it is not enough to question the prosecutors who materially participated in those meetings. The prosecution's thesis is that the investigation must reach the highest institutional responsibility of the Prosecutor's Office to reconstruct the chain of decisions and prevent the case from being reduced to intermediate levels.
The meetings under suspicion
The case investigates the alleged plot that would have tried to destabilize sensitive procedures for the Government and the PSOE. In this context, the Prosecutor's Office has already admitted that a former official from the Technical Secretariat, Diego Villafañe, held two meetings with Leire Díez and Jacobo Teijelo, a lawyer linked to Santos Cerdán's circle.
The focus on the fiscal leadership
The request for testimony not only points to García Ortiz, but also to other prosecutors who participated in those contacts and to documentation on complaints, meetings, and communications. The popular prosecution also wants to know why these meetings do not appear in a formal record of the institution, a point it considers key to assessing the transparency of what happened.
An increasingly political case
The Leire case is no longer just a judicial investigation but has also become a top-level political front. Vox has already made its move with its own legal actions, while the opposition is trying to focus on the State Attorney General's Office and the PSOE's circle. The evolution of the procedure may reinforce this interpretation if the judge accepts new statements and documentary cross-referencing.