Some commentators allege that Varela is hostile to Garzón, for reasons that go back many years " and the spokesman for Judges for Democracy, Victoria Rosell, considered that the action against Garzón Varela was to "criminalize legal debate."
Distintos medios de comunicación consideran que o xuíz Varela mantiña un enfrontamento con Garzón dende había anos e a portavoz de Jueces para la Democracia, Victoria Rosell, considerou que a acción de Varela contra Garzón era a de "criminalizar o debate xurídico".