The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has just endorsed the Amnesty law for people convicted, prosecuted, and charged for the secessionist process of Catalonia, the most unique declaration of independence in the history of Europe, perhaps of the entire planet,…
A matter of nuances. The Deputy Operational Director of the Civil Guard, Manuel Llamas, that is, the highest uniformed officer of the corps, has admitted to the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz that he asked the UCO not to be “proactive” in judicial cases although he denies telling his superiors to take a back seat.
The amnesty law approved two years ago has benefited a total of 403 people, of whom 181 are protesters or pro-independence activists, 158 police officers, and 64 political officials, according to data from the lawyers’ platform Alerta Solidària. Two years later, a total of 93 political officials are still awaiting its application. These are the cases that were pending resolution by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which ruled in their favor this Thursday. Among them are Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín, and Lluís Puig, declared in rebellion and with an arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court; as well as Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Raül Romeva, and Dolors Bassa, who were pardoned from the prison sentence for the crime of sedition for which they were convicted, but not from the sentence for embezzlement, which involved disqualification from holding public office.
La Audiencia Provincial de Madrid has confirmed that it sends Begoña Gómez, wife of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, to trial before a jury court for the crimes of embezzlement and influence peddling, both subject to being tried by a popular jury.
The PP has reacted immediately to the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Amnesty Law by showing “absolute respect.” “The PP does not interpret rulings based on whether they like them more or less,” sources from the Popular Party say. However, the PP leadership warns that this is not the “end of the debate” because now the Spanish courts have the power to directly apply the Amnesty Law. Additionally, the PP maintains its rejection of “criminal privileges” for the separatists.
“It was worth it, it is worth it, today is a great day,” said the Minister of the Presidency and Justice, Félix Bolaños, after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) endorsed the Amnesty law this Thursday, thus taking a step further to pave the way for the return of Carles Puigdemont, almost ten years after the Catalan independence process began.
The leadership of Junts per Catalunya has demanded this Thursday that the Constitutional Court address the protection appeals of the independence leaders that have been on its desk for a year and resolve them “before going on vacation” following the endorsement of the Amnesty law by the European justice system.
The president of Esquerra Republicana, Oriol Junqueras, has celebrated the endorsement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for the Amnesty law. In the words of the republican leader, it is a “great political victory for the independence movement and democrats.” After the European court’s ruling, Junqueras called on the Spanish courts to apply the law “without further delay”: “There are no more excuses. Rights must be restored, exiles must return, and it is necessary for the State to close this chapter after almost 10 years.”
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has endorsed this Thursday the Amnesty law approved by the Congress in 2024 in response to the preliminary questions raised about criminal oblivion by both the Court of Auditors and the National Court, regarding the possibility of amnestying embezzlement crimes, on the one hand, and terrorism, on the other. The CJEU must indicate whether the rule approved by the Congress in 2024 is compatible with the EU legal framework.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) endorses the amnesty law by considering that it does not affect European interests nor is it contrary to the European directive on terrorism. This was announced in the reading of the ruling of a judgment that comes a year and a half after the Court of Auditors and the National Court submitted the preliminary questions to the court based in Luxembourg.