The director general of the Guardia Civil will not be attending a Senate meeting this Thursday. Mercedes González has cited a prior commitment as the reason for her absence. She is required to attend a security monitoring cell related to the Pope's visit to Las Palmas.

This commitment is described as unavoidable. Further information on this development can be found in El Mundo, which initially reported on the director general's decision to skip the Senate meeting in favor of attending to the security arrangements for the Pope's visit.