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What it is

Proposal to let judges elect twelve members of the CGPJ The General Council of the Judiciary, the body that governs judges: appointments, promotions and discipline.

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 7 July 2022. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario VOX.

Official title: Private member's bill for an Organic Law amending Organic Law 6/1985, of 1 July, on the Judiciary, for the reform of the procedure for the election of the members of the General Council of the Judiciary.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000244· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The bill, introduced by the VOX parliamentary group, seeks to change how members of the General Council of the Judiciary are chosen. It proposes that the twelve members from the judiciary be elected by judges and magistrates themselves, not by Congress and the Senate.
  2. Those twelve members would be elected through personal, equal, direct and secret voting by all judges and magistrates in active service. There would be a single electoral district for all of Spain, and the election would be called three months before the Council's term ends.
  3. The grounds for being barred as a candidate would expand: people who were on electoral lists in the previous four years, people who served as members of Congress, the Senate, regional legislatures, local councils or the European Parliament in the previous term, and people who held a senior public office in the previous four years could not run.
  4. Members of the outgoing Council could not be candidates either, except the President of the Supreme Court, nor could people working in the Council's technical bodies or serving on the Electoral Board, unless they state their intention to run.
  5. An Electoral Board made up of Supreme Court magistrates would be created to call the elections, count the votes and announce the results. Its decisions could be appealed before the Supreme Court.
  6. If either Chamber fails to elect its eight members on time, the new Council would still be formed with the twelve judicial members and those already appointed. The provision governing the Council in acting status would also be repealed.

Who it affects

  • Judges and magistrates: They would directly elect the twelve judicial members of the Council and could run as candidates if they meet the requirements.
  • Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados) and Senate (Senado): They would no longer elect the twelve judicial members; each would keep appointing four members and four substitutes from among lawyers and jurists.
  • Politicians and senior public officials: People who recently held those positions could not run as candidates.
  • General Council of the Judiciary (Consejo General del Poder Judicial): Its renewal process would change, and the special regime for the Council in acting status would be repealed.

Words worth knowing

Consejo General del Poder Judicial (CGPJ)
The governing body of the Spanish judiciary: it manages appointments, promotions, inspections and discipline for judges.
Ley orgánica (organic law)
A special type of Spanish law, reserved for major matters such as the organization of the judiciary, which requires a reinforced majority in Congress to pass.
Vocales
Each of the twenty members who sit on the General Council of the Judiciary.
Junta Electoral (Electoral Board)
The body that organizes the elections, counts the votes and announces the results.
Voto personal, igual, directo y secreto
Personal, equal, direct and secret voting: each person votes individually, every vote counts the same, voters choose the candidates directly, and no one can see how anyone voted.
CGPJ
The General Council of the Judiciary, the body that governs judges: appointments, promotions and discipline.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced7 July 2022Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted25 August 2022The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Sept 2022Dec 2022Mar 202311. 7 July 2022: Presentación22. 25 August 2022: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 25/08/2022 hasta 30/08/202233. 25 August 2022: Calificación44. 30 August 2022: Gobierno Contestación desde 30/08/2022 hasta 06/10/202255. 6 October 2022: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 06/10/2022 hasta 30/05/202366. 30 May 2023: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 30/05/2023 hasta 16/06/2023

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It was presented again:

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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