The seven magistrates of the progressive block, now the majority of the Constitutional Court (TC), have not been able to reach an agreement in their internal meeting this Tuesday to agree on a single candidate for the presidency of the court, for which finally both Cándido Conde-Pumpido as María Luisa Balaguer will compete for this position in the plenary session scheduled for Wednesday, while the conservative magistrate Ricardo Enríquez is running for the Vice Presidency, according to sources from the guarantee court consulted by Europa Press.
After the inauguration of four new members of the plenary session, the Constitutional Assembly has a progressive majority unprecedented in the last decade. The body now has to decide who occupies the presidency. The outgoing president, the conservative Pedro González-Trevijano, was one of those who left the court this Monday after his term expired last June.
Six votes are needed to be appointed president. Conde-Pumpido, Supreme Court magistrate and former attorney general, has in principle five insured. Professor Balaguer, for her part, has another five: hers and the four of the magistrates that make up the conservative bloc. María Luisa Segoviano, a progressive magistrate proposed by the conservatives of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), has not publicly opted for either of the two candidates.