Craving for attention dressed up as justice?

The Spanish daily La Razón accuses the examining magistrate Baltasar Garzón of being driven more by a craving for personal recognition than by the quest for justice: "He has suddenly turned his investigation into crimes committed during the Civil War and under Franco into summary proceedings to prevent the public prosecutors from taking action and the criminal court from coming to a decision about whether the case falls within Garzón's jurisdiction or not. With this strategy he is forcing the public prosecutor's office to take legal action against his approach and [Garzón] will be given a certain amount of time to accept or reject the action. This will allow him enough time to open a few graves and have the media take photos of him holding up the skull of [Federico] García Lorca [the Spanish poet who fell victim to political purges]. ... Over the years Baltasar Garzón has repeatedly shown us that his actions are frequently motivated by an exaggerated need for personal recognition."

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