The tense relations that the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, Félix Bolaños, and the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) have maintained for months have worsened in recent weeks due to the Council's filing of Bolaños' complaints regarding the actions of Judge Juan Carlos Peinado when he was questioned as a witness regarding the contract of Cristina Álvarez, Begoña Gómez's advisor. After the CGPJ rejected the minister's appeal against that decision last Tuesday and definitively closed his complaints, Bolaños has now appealed the refusal of the Council's disciplinary authority to give him a full copy of his case file. In the letter, addressed to the permanent commission of the CGPJ and to which EL PAÍS has had access, Bolaños accuses the Council of prolonging the processing of his complaint and resolving with "sudden urgency" his final file with the aim of favoring the "impunity" of Peinado, who is retiring this week.
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