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The spokesperson for the Spanish government describes the proceedings against Begoña Gómez as "erratic and anomalous"

Elma Saiz asks the CGPJ to "put order" after Peinado confiscated the president's wife's passport

The Minister of Migrations, Elma Saiz, in Palma.
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22/06/2026
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PalmaThe spokesperson for the Spanish government, Elma Saiz, has attacked this Monday from Palma

The spokesperson for the State executive and Minister of Migration has expressed the government's support for Gómez in the face of what she has considered a smear campaign that "seems to have no end." "I want to convey my solidarity and empathy to her, she is an example of dignity and fortitude," she assured, and asked "who will repair the harm caused" to Gómez and to Justice. The permanent commission of the CGPJ is investigating whether Peinado committed a serious disciplinary offense by suggesting that Gómez's escorts could help her flee the country. This justification for withdrawing her passport as a precautionary measure could constitute a "serious lack of consideration" provided for in Article 418.5 of the organic law of the judiciary, as explained by ARA.as explained by ARA.

This article sanctions "excess or abuse of authority or serious lack of consideration towards citizens, institutions, secretaries, forensic doctors and the rest of the staff at the service of the administration of justice, members of the public prosecutor's office, lawyers and solicitors, social graduates and judicial police officers." However, there is no unanimity in the CGPJ regarding this matter. The decision to open the proceedings against Peinado was taken by a narrow majority, and the casting vote of the president of the body and the Supreme Court, Isabel Perelló, was required.

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