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Andalusia Demands Fair Distribution of New Prosecutor Positions

The Junta de Andalucía requests 45 new prosecutor positions, citing objective criteria like population and litigation rates, to avoid comparative grievances.

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Generic image of a microphone on a podium, symbolizing political negotiations.

The Junta de Andalucía has formally requested 45 new prosecutor positions, arguing for an equitable distribution based on objective criteria to prevent historical disparities with other autonomous communities.

The Andalusian Ministry of Justice has urged the State Attorney General's Office to ensure a fair distribution of new prosecutor positions, without resorting to parallel negotiations. During a meeting in Granada, the request for 45 new positions for the region was asked to be recorded in the minutes of the Joint Commission of the Superior Prosecutor's Office.
Councillor José Antonio Nieto expressed concern about avoiding a new imbalance, similar to what occurred with Catalonia, which has requested 35 prosecutors out of a total of 200 new positions. The Junta de Andalucía argues that the allocation of prosecutors should be based on objective parameters, such as population and litigation levels.
Sources familiar with the negotiations indicate that Andalusia, with one million more inhabitants than Catalonia, should not receive fewer positions. Furthermore, the region exhibits higher litigation rates, especially due to the impact of drug trafficking in areas like the Costa del Sol and Campo de Gibraltar, as well as its status as a southern border, which generates high activity in immigration and money laundering cases.

The Junta de Andalucía hopes to play with the same cards as other territories and that allocations are not agreed upon in bilateral commissions. It does not want allocations to be made with double standards and that all communities receive what they are entitled to.

The Junta has recalled that in the last two years, Catalonia has received 181 new magistrates, while Andalusia only 90, despite having a larger population and higher litigation. This disparity is attributed to agreements between the Government and Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), which have influenced the Catalan judicial system.
For the current year, the Government of Pedro Sánchez had already allocated 91 positions nationwide, contemplated in a royal decree for the creation of 500 judicial units across Spain. However, out of these 500 positions, only 95 correspond to Andalusia, a figure the Junta considers insufficient, especially after receiving no new positions in 2025, while Catalonia obtained 60.
Given this situation, the Junta de Andalucía insists that prosecutor allocations must be fair and based on objective criteria, avoiding negotiations aimed at appeasing political partners. The creation of these positions must be accompanied by the necessary resources, as was done in April with the incorporation of civil servants in nine Prosecutor's Offices in Almería, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Málaga, Sevilla, Algeciras (Cádiz), and Marbella (Málaga), to address new competencies in sexual violence.

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