SUMMARY

A citizen submitted a request for access to the information addressed to the Ministry of Justice with the aim of knowing the provisions established by the State General Legal Attorney-Directorate of the State Legal Service on the filing or preparation of appeals against judicial decisions.

The Ministry denied the information on the grounds of auxiliary or supporting nature, in accordance with article 18, paragraph 1 (b), of the Transparency Act.

When a complaint was filed, the Council for Transparency and Good Governance considered it, considering that the information required does have relevance in the shaping of the public will of the body, since those procedural rules or rules of an organizational and functional nature, as the Administration calls them, will determine whether a judicial decision affecting the State will be subject to appeal or not. That is, if public resources are going to continue to be used, in what cases and to what extent, which means that they are relevant both to accountability and to the knowledge of public decision-making.