Madrid (EFE).- The Supreme Court (TS) holds a hearing this Thursday to review the prosecution of former president Carles Puigdemont for embezzlement and disobedience after the reform of the Penal Code promoted by the Government that repealed sedition.
Specifically, it is a hearing to resolve the appeals of Puigdemont and former ministers Antonio Comín and Lluis Puig against the decision to maintain their prosecution, agreed by the Supreme Court magistrate, Pablo Llarena.
The instructor defends that the consequences of the penal reform for the fugitives is that the prosecution of Puigdemont, Comín and Puig for the crime of embezzlement is maintained, ruling out that the facts fit into the attenuated type proposed in the reform, while the facts referring to the repealed the crime of sedition now only fits into the crime of disobedience.
In this sense, the judge rejected the allegation of the State Prosecutor’s Office that the new crime of aggravated public disorder should be applied to those accused of sedition.
Defense allegations
The defenses will intervene at the hearing, who will present their allegations before Llarena’s ruling, as well as the Prosecutor’s Office, the State Attorney’s Office and Vox, who challenged the appeals.
In his appeal, Carles Puigdemont asks the Supreme Court to annul the national order for his arrest and imprisonment and alleges that he did not embezzle 1-O, for which he believes that the case against him is a “persecution” that seeks to separate him from political activity.
The former Catalan president’s defense maintains that there is no “reasonable suspicion” that Puigdemont has committed a crime punishable by prison, such as embezzlement, so “it is evident that it is not possible to issue” an arrest and entry order in jail against him.