Overview
- After hearing the Consejo Fiscal, Teresa Peramato proposed 17 high-level appointments from 86 candidates, with two provincial posts left vacant for lack of applicants.
- Ana García León, former head of the Secretaría Técnica under Álvaro García Ortiz, is tapped to lead a Supreme Court criminal section over contenders Consuelo Madrigal and Jaime Moreno.
- Diego Villafañe is promoted to the Supreme Court prosecutor’s office after previously being investigated and then exonerated in the secrets case linked to García Ortiz.
- Other key picks include José Javier Huete’s renewal and María Farnés to head Supreme Court criminal sections, plus Marcelo Azcárraga to Antidroga, Virna Alonso to Anticorrupción, and Beatriz López to the Audiencia Nacional.
- The Fiscalía says the selections rest on merit and policy alignment, while prominent critics such as Almudena Lastra do not advance.