The Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court has today upheld the appeal filed by Civil Guard Colonel Diego Pérez de los Cobos and agrees with his dismissal by order of the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
The high court thus lays down the sentence of the National Court issued in September 2021 that had confirmed on appeal his dismissal as head of the Madrid Command, a sentence that annulled, then the sentence of the Central Court that in first instance had annulled the cessation.
The origin of his dismissal was a controversial report provided to a Madrid judge who was investigating the possible massive contagion during the demonstration for Women’s Day on March 8, 2020, days before the health crisis was declared and the death certificate was certified. covid pandemic.
The investigators, led by Pérez de los Cobos, issued a harsh report against the Pedro Sánchez government, holding it responsible for not prohibiting the demonstration on March 8 when the contagion was already out of control.
The report was delivered to the instructor without informing the then General Director of the Civil Guard María Gámez and therefore the Minister of the Interior. After she was relieved, it was revealed that Gámez left a written record that the command was relieved for “not reporting the development of investigations and actions of the Civil Guard (…) for information purposes.”
Pérez de los Cobos appealed to a Contentious Court of the National Court, which agreed with him. However, the Chamber reviewed the appeal filed by the State Attorney’s Office and agreed with the latter, alleging that as a discretionary position there was no irregularity in the dismissal.
The high command, who had asked to return to his post at the Madrid Command, did not give up, he went to the Supreme Court, which has just upheld his appeal.
