Spain justice minister resigns
Published:Monday | February 23, 2009 | 6:04 PM
Spain\'s justice minister has announced his resignation after being criticised for going on a hunting trip with a prominent investigative judge.
Mariano Fernandez Bermejo was accused of interfering in a probe by Judge Baltasar Garzon into alleged corruption in the opposition Popular Party.
Bermejo reportedly said he could not tolerate the use being made of the alleged interferance, against the Socialist government.
On Friday, Mr Garzon was taken to hospital following an anxiety attack.
He’s one of six investigating judges for Spain\'s National Court.
The judge came to prominence in the late 1990s, when he campaigned for the extradition of former Chilean military ruler Augusto Pinochet, from London to Spain for human rights abuses.