The head of Spain's supreme court stepped down on Monday, creating a vacuum at the helm of one of the country's key institutions and nudging the two main political parties towards ending a four-year stalemate over judicial appointments.
"Remaining in the post from now on would only make me complicit in a situation I abhor and is unacceptable," Carlos Lesmes, who stayed on as the tribunal's acting president after his mandate ended in 2018, said in a statement released on Sunday evening.
