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Spanish supreme court charges 13 Catalan leaders with rebellion
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Mar 23, 2018 09:21am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Mar 23, 2018 03:20am |
| Description | A Spanish supreme court judge has charged 13 senior Catalan leaders, including the region’s deposed president and the candidate chosen to succeed him, with rebellion over their roles in last year’s unilateral referendum and subsequent declaration of independence.
The charges, announced on Friday morning by Judge Pablo Llarena, carry a maximum sentence of 30 years’ imprisonment and were brought against both Carles Puigdemont, the former president in exile in Belgium, and Jordi Turul, who faces a vote on Saturday to take up the post.
Llarena, announcing the charges, said that Catalan separatist politicians and civil society groups had “colluded” for the past six years to execute a plan to declare Catalonia’s independence, in violation of Spain’s legal order.
The court did not give a date for the trial.
Among those also charged with the same offence are the former Catalan vice-president, Oriol Junqueras, the former speaker of the Catalan parliament, Carme Forcadell, and the senior civil society group figures Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez.
Marta Rovira, the general secretary of Junqueras’ Catalan Republican Left party, failed to appear in court Madrid, explaining in a letter that she was fleeing Spain. She was also charged with rebellion. |
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