The Secretary General of the Senate, Manuel Cavero, has communicated his request to remove himself from the position, equivalent to that of senior lawyer and which he has held for more than 21 years, due to having passed the age of 65. A withdrawal that has been accepted by the Board of the Senate in its meeting this Tuesday, as reported by parliamentary sources, which indicate that the position is vacant and the process of appointing a new secretary general is underway, which must be carried out by the president of the Chamber, the popular Pedro Rollán, a few months before the controversial amnesty law reaches the Senate.
Cavero turned 65 in April and could have remained active until he was 70, but in recent months he had already indicated that his intention was to retire soon, as parliamentary sources have informed the press.
He waited the previous months before taking this step so as not to leave the vacancy unfilled in the event that the legislature was short, if an investiture had not been given and the elections would have had to be repeated, but in view of the fact that his replacement can be done with a legislature on track, has finally submitted his resignation, which he formalized this Monday.
Cavero has been a lawyer in the Cortes since 1983 and held various positions in Congress before moving as deputy general secretary to the Senate in 1996 and becoming the senior lawyer of the upper house in 2002.
This Tuesday and Wednesday the last plenary session of the first session of the legislature is held in the Senate. The next plenary session in the Senate is scheduled for February 6 and 7, with the meeting of the Board that will prepare it scheduled for Tuesday, January 30.
January is a month of parliamentary holidays in the Cortes Generales, as are July and August. However, Congress has authorized plenary sessions to take place this coming January due to the urgency in the processing of the organic amnesty law and the need to approve the spending ceiling and deficit objectives, bases of the amnesty law. general budgets for 2024, but that authorization has not been given in the Senate.
As the Congressional chamber will undergo reform works in the seats next month, the plenary sessions of the lower house that are set for January will take place in the Senate Palace.
