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Prosecution of English judge Baltasar Garzon, an alleged case of corruption allegedly committed by investigating the crimes of Franco (1939-1975), has generated a series of demonstrations of solidarity and support their work.
The English Supreme Court judge Luciano Varela notified the day before a car in which he announces it will open trial by pleading Garzon competent to investigate crimes and disappearances during the Civil War (1936-1939) and the subsequent dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
The English law governing the judiciary provides away from their duties the judges "when it stated that it has grounds to proceed against them for crimes committed in the exercise of his duties" as the transgression.
Sources with the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), the freezing of Garzon in judicial work will be decided the next day 22.
Backing Garzon, who in 1998 prosecuted Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and has conducted other research institutions, has been expressed by the ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) or members of the opposition Popular Party (PP) and Izquierda Unida (IU), and even by anonymous citizens, that online social networks support the court with signatures and calls for acts of solidarity.
The facts that Garzón's indictment date back to 2008 when it had jurisdiction to adjudicate cases that occurred during the Civil War and Franco's dictatorship, for which ordered the opening of some graves which are suspected to have been missing persons buried in that time.
IU deputy Gaspar Llamazares said today that he will sit on the bench is not Garzón, but "Spain and the English democracy," adding that what is happening is that in Spain "the nostalgic and executioners become in righteous and judges and guilty victims. "
In the Basque Country, the secretary general of the PP, Iñaki Oyarzabal, said he has much "respect" for the judge, who added that "has provided exceptional service to democracy in Spain and I find it regrettable that it has to sit in the dock accused of the Falange, has no head or tail. "
Many reactions focus on the fact that the cause for which Garzón face trial began following complaints filed by right-wing organizations Clean Hands and English Falange de las JONS.
The PSOE, Organizing Secretary, Leire Pajin said it produces "outrage and disgust" to question the judge's task a few years ago who asked for him the Nobel Peace Prize "because he was investigating the adversary" .
The headquarters of the National Court was the scene tonight of a merger in which, like yesterday, several dozen people carried signs with slogans such as "Spain backwards: corrupt and fascist judge the judge "or" Justice of truth. "
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