The president of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC), Juan Luis Lorenzo Bragado, has seen the controversy over the judicial resolutions adopted regarding the Covid measures as "artificial", some of which were ratified and others rejected.
During his speech at the opening ceremony of the judicial year 2021-22, he highlighted the "full independence" of the magistrates when making a decision on these matters, as corresponds to the Judicial Power because "that is why we live in a State of Law".
In this way, he pointed out that the judges have resolved the ratification requests filed by the Government of the Canary Islands and that their decisions have been reviewed by the Supreme Court. "This is what the contentious-administrative bodies do on a daily basis. And, of course, these decisions are subject to analysis and criticism," he said.
For his part, responding to some comments, Lorenzo Bragado wanted to state that he has not received any complaints or requests for protection from any judge or magistrate. "And I have not perceived in the public statements of the officials of the Government of the Canary Islands that the limits of legitimate criticism of judicial decisions have been exceeded," he continued.
In this sense, he wanted to emphasize, since he commented that "it belongs to the essence of democracy to be able to disagree with arguments of a judicial decision because the Law is not an exact science and we must not forget that the judges have had to assess issues as delicate as what is the essence of a fundamental right or carry out the judgment of proportionality between the legal assets in conflict".
