Madrid (EFE) warned that she felt “very little inclined” to go.
Ponsatí, former minister of the Government of Carles Puigdemont who fled after the unilateral declaration of independence in 2017 to avoid being prosecuted by 1-O, crossed the Franco-Spanish border by surprise on March 28 to return to Catalonia, without surrendering to the authorities despite his arrest warrant.
After giving a press conference, she was arrested by the Mossos d’Esquadra in the middle of the street and taken before the judge on duty in Barcelona who released her, after the Supreme Court investigating magistrate, Pablo Llarena, so agreed.
crime of disobedience
However, Llarena summoned her to appear before the Supreme Court, in order to inform her that she is being prosecuted for a crime of disobedience, which does not carry prison sentences, only disqualification, once the magistrate withdrew the crime of sedition after the reform of the Penal Code by which this crime was repealed.
And he warned her that if she does not appear, “her personal situation” could be modified and she could be brought before the court “by the public force.”
Her presence in Madrid is unknown, although the former minister has already stated that she feels “very little inclined” to appear before the high court: “It is a week that we will be very busy. We have other more important things to do than go to Madrid”.
For its part, the Prosecutor’s Office has avoided ruling on whether it will request prosecution for the new crime of aggravated public disorder until it knows what happens after its appearance.