El Economist pone el dedo en una llaga podrida:

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The Economist, 15 / 16 septiembre 2022, Spanish politicians are arguing over judges. It erodes condence in the system.

«Politicians tussling for control over courts, stand-os over judicial nominations and rumblings of a constitutional crisis. These are things many associate with America, or in the eu with dicult members like Poland or Hungary. But the same problems have also dogged Spain, which is suering a years-long stand- o over its most senior judges.
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But the current group has been serving with an expired mandate since 2018, because Spain’s two biggest parties cannot agree. Things came to a head on September 13th, when the cgpj missed a deadline to nominate two judges to the Constitutional Court. The cgpj has refused, saying it will not do so until its own mandate is renewed.
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In 1985 the Socialist government, grumbling that many judges still had their roots in Francisco Franco’s dictatorship (1939-1975), passed a law requiring all 20 cgpj members to be appointed by parliament. But this set the stage for partisan horse-trading over the institution, with its political colouring changing as governing majorities do.
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In 2018, when the conservative People’s Party (pp) had lost power, it suddenly discovered the principle that “judges should be chosen by judges”, not politicians. The pp refused to renew the cgpj’s mandate, which has obliged the members then in oce to carry on until today. The pp is right that the eu urges members to let judicial experts select judges. But the timing looked self-serving. The parties have argued ever since, occasionally hinting that a deal might be done. But this month Carlos Lesmes, the body’s president, forced the pace, refusing (with conservative colleagues) to nominate the two needed judges to the Constitutional Court, and even threatening to resign.
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Trust in the courts is low. Of the eu’s 27 countries, Spain ranks a dismal 22nd in public perception of judicial independence. The European Commission, the eu’s executive arm, has issued increasingly urgent warnings to Spain’s squabbling politicians. But the latter have failed to do anything about them for a long time. The dispute could even end up in European courts—an embarrassment that Spain would surely do well to avoid..». The Economist, 15 / 16 septiembre 2022, Spanish politicians are arguing over judges. It erodes condence in the system.

Las negritas son mías.

Muy groseramente, «traducido» al murciano coloquial:

El enfrentamiento cainita de PSOE y PP, retrasa, impide, complica, envenena, la renovación de los miembros del Consejo General del Poder Judicial; paraliza, complica, politiza, deteriora el funcionamiento de la justicia, el poder judicial, el Tribunal Constitucional.

Enfrentamiento cainita que se prolonga indefinidamente desde 1985: cuarenta y siete años de duelo a garrotazos, diario, institucional, matriz política y cultural de las Españas.

Enfrentamiento cainita que tiene muchos otros rostros, nacionales, regionales, autonómicos, municipales: el garrote, la navaja trapera, la hoz y la puntilla se usan a diario, desde hace décadas, para intentar herir o rematar al adversario a garrotazos, con puntilla en la cerviz, en la plaza de toros del Ruedo Ibérico.

Conclusión: ni los españoles ni los europeos confían en la justicia española; y, con motivo de la última trifulca, en curso, se deteriora la credibilidad institucional de España y su sistema judicial.

Decíamos ayer:

Crisis saturnal del modelo judicial de España.

Financial Times: España necesita tres reformas institucionales.

El Duelo a garrotazos, matriz política y cultural de las Españas.

España.