The King asks the 127 new prosecutors to serve Justice: 93% come from public universities and 74% are women

The attorney general reminds them that they have to follow the Constitution and act as guarantors of legality

MADRID, 19 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

King Felipe VI has urged the 127 new prosecutors who have received their offices on Monday to defend the "vocation of public service" serving "the citizens and Justice", in a new promotion of the prosecutor's career in which 93 % have studied at public universities, have dedicated an average of five years to overcome the opposition and 74 percent are women, as the Minister of Justice, Pilar Llop, highlighted at the event.

Felipe VI has presided over the delivery of offices to promotion number 60 of the career in the Auditorium of the Complutense University of Madrid, where he has been accompanied by the Minister of Justice; the State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, and the interim president of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), Rafael Mozo.

The act has marked the closure of the selective course for access to the tax career and has concluded with the delivery of offices to the 127 new members, 94 women and 33 men, a proportion similar to the previous promotion, in which women obtained the 75%

Felipe VI took advantage of his speech to congratulate the new promotion and wish them "much success" both for their professional good and for "everyone's". Likewise, he has asked them to remain "always faithful to the principles that are the foundation" of their work and to never forget what motivated them from the beginning to want to be prosecutors.

"The vocation of public service will forever be your best guide, service to the citizens and to Justice," the monarch told them, after acknowledging the "pressure" and "nerves" they had to go through until they received the dispatches and the "very long, hard, demanding and sacrificed process" that they have overcome.

"You are here because of your merit and ability", he stressed, stressing, as the 'number one' of the promotion has done, that "the preparation is permanent": "It does not end here and that is how we all need it".

The minister, along the same lines, has valued the "immense effort" they have made to overcome the "great challenge" after years of "study and work", recalling that they have had to train in the midst of a pandemic, a situation that has put applicants in "very complex conditions and even greater uncertainty."

Llop has pointed out that the effort has not been in vain and has allowed them to make their dream of dedicating themselves to a "wonderful, exciting and difficult" profession come true, but that it will allow each of the new prosecutors to demonstrate their vocation in something " marvelous" as it is -he said- the public service of Justice.

As specified by the head of Justice, 74% of this class are women and the remaining 26 are men. With an average age of 29.5 years, the new prosecutors have spent five years and three months on average to meet their goal, dedicating almost "10 hours a day" to study and giving up "whims" to achieve what they wanted.

The minister wanted to refer to the scholarships that the Ministry of Justice has launched through the Center for Legal Studies (CEJ) for the preparation of oppositions, aid so that "no good student" who has a vocation to be part of the prosecutor's career "is limited by his origin, by his socioeconomic condition or by any other type of vulnerability."

And he has called for respecting principles such as legality and hierarchy, with "full objectivity" and defending the interests entrusted to the Prosecutor's Office, which is a "fundamental pillar for the maintenance of democratic pillars and institutions."

For his part, the State Attorney General thanked the King for presiding over the act, which "reinforces" the Prosecutor's Office in the performance of its duties, he stressed. "It is significant and his presence is always appreciated, especially valued by the entire prosecutorial career that accompanies us", he has transferred to Felipe VI.

García Ortiz has welcomed "the prosecutors of the 21st century", whom he has asked to contribute their "youth, freshness, vocation and passion" so that the Prosecutor's Office is an "engine of change" that helps to have a "new society, better, more just and egalitarian"

"We set ourselves up as guarantors of legality and defend the rights of citizens. The Constitution also entrusts us with defending the social interest, the benefit and progress of our society. Therefore, the care and protection of victims, minors and the most vulnerable groups is one of the main signs of identity", has summoned the attorney general.

García Ortiz has asked them not to "never" forget that they "always" have to follow "the Constitution, strict compliance with the law, the expression of the popular will and impartiality", principles that they must comply with "free from any prejudice ".

"From responsibility and humility, welcome to an exciting profession. We are not the owners of Justice, we are only its servants", the attorney general has proclaimed.

The 'number one' of the promotion, Tomás Enrique Pérez, has also intervened, who has been distinguished by the Ministry of Justice with the second class Cross of the order of San Raimundo de Peñafort and has encouraged his colleagues to continue training because " reality always advances faster than the legal system".