The Catalan Government sees as “very worrying” the decision to send the 9-N case to the Spanish Supreme Court
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Barcelona (CNA).- The Catalan Government criticised on
Monday the decision by the Catalan Supreme Court to refer the 9-N case
to the Spanish Supreme Court and considered it “very worrying”. The
Catalan Vice president and Government Spokeswoman, Neus Munté, told CNA
that the case against the 2014 participatory process should already be
“closed”. “It is a political trial”, she regretted. The decision to send
the case to the Madrid-based Court was prompted by the fact that one of
the public figures giving testimony in the trial is current member of
the Spanish Congress and former Spokesman of the Catalan Government,
Francesc Homs. “Following the law’s logic and democracy, no one should
be prosecuted for putting the ballot boxes out there and allowing people
to express their voice”, Munté said.
The Catalan Government Spokeswoman said that the participatory
process, that saw more than 2 million people voting on whether or not
they favour independence, was “totally legal”. According to her, the
trial, which includes former Catalan President Artur Mas, former Vice
president Joana Ortega, Catalan MP Irene Rigau and now former spokesman
Francesc Homs, is “political”.
“We have to defend again that everything that was done before the 9-N
was absolutely legal. We are very opposed to the decision to send the
trial to the Supreme Court when the case should already be closed”, she
stated. The Catalan Supreme Court Magistrate will send the case to the
Spanish Supreme Court for it to decide if it formally wants to
investigate Francesc Homs, who now sits in the Spanish Congress and
therefore would need to be prosecuted by this highest court. According
to the judge, the potential case against Homs cannot be separated from
the one that affects the other figures being investigated: Artur Mas,
Joana Ortega and Irene Rigau.
process, that saw more than 2 million people voting on whether or not
they favour independence, was “totally legal”. According to her, the
trial, which includes former Catalan President Artur Mas, former Vice
president Joana Ortega, Catalan MP Irene Rigau and now former spokesman
Francesc Homs, is “political”.
“We have to defend again that everything that was done before the 9-N
was absolutely legal. We are very opposed to the decision to send the
trial to the Supreme Court when the case should already be closed”, she
stated. The Catalan Supreme Court Magistrate will send the case to the
Spanish Supreme Court for it to decide if it formally wants to
investigate Francesc Homs, who now sits in the Spanish Congress and
therefore would need to be prosecuted by this highest court. According
to the judge, the potential case against Homs cannot be separated from
the one that affects the other figures being investigated: Artur Mas,
Joana Ortega and Irene Rigau.
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Llibertat's MP and former Catalan Government's spokesman, Frances Homs,
testified before Catalonia’s Supreme Court (by ACN)
Llibertat's MP and former Catalan Government's spokesman, Frances Homs,
testified before Catalonia’s Supreme Court (by ACN)
