The general strike called for this Wednesday has had a limited impact in the judicial sphere, with most of the hearings scheduled taking place normally in both the ordinary courts and the higher courts, and with institutions such as the Consejo General del Poder Judicial (CGPJ) and the Constitutional Court operating without any notable changes.
At the Audiencia Nacional, the scheduled session has taken place for the trial against former leaders of the Granada Club de Fútbol for allegedly defrauding the Treasury, while the CGPJ has carried out the Plenary session that appeared on the calendar without changes.
At the Constitutional Court, activity has also proceeded normally. The president, Cándido Conde-Pumpido, along with several justices, has gone to the headquarters of the guarantor body to carry out the agenda set.
The Supreme Court has likewise maintained its daily routine: the building opened as on any other day, the justices and staff were seen coming in and out, and the usual flow of civil servants was observed in the corridors of a headquarters where hardly any trials are held, since its work is mainly focused on resolving appeals against decisions from other judicial bodies.
In the regional sphere, in the Community of Madrid, 30 of the 1,439 trials scheduled for this Wednesday have been suspended due to the strike. Of these, 26 corresponded to single-person Social courts and four to civil courts, according to sources from the legal sector at Europa Press.
Uneven follow-up by autonomous communities
In Cantabria, the regional Government has reported that 2.48% of staff dependent on the Administration of Justice has joined the strike, called at the state level by the Sindicato de Inquilinas together with the main trade unions.
In the Canary Islands, the follow-up in the courts has varied depending on the island: El Hierro recorded 16.67%; Tenerife, 11.35%; Gran Canaria, 8.23%; Lanzarote, 7.14%; and Fuerteventura, 2.80%. In La Gomera, no participants in the strike were recorded, and in La Palma it has not been possible to compute the follow-up “given the weather situation,” according to the data provided by the Ministry of the Presidency through the Directorate General for Relations with the Administration of Justice.
In Navarre, and according to the provisional figures from the regional government corresponding to the morning shift, 5.9% of employees of the Administration of Justice have supported the strike, which amounts to 25 workers.
In the Valencian Community, using data from the Generalitat, follow-through in the justice sector has stood at 8.91%, with 8.47% in the province of Alicante, 4.08% in Castellón and 10.32% in Valencia.
In La Rioja, in accordance with information provided by the regional Executive, 12 of the 385 employees in the sector have joined the stoppage, which represents 3.12% of the total.