Puigdemont Seeks Asylum In Belgium After Spain Files Charges Against Catalan Government For Rebellion
Update: As we warned earlier, La Sexta has just reported that (former) Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont will seek asylum in Belgium.
According to eldiario.es, Puigdemont has made the decision to travel to Brussels advised by a legal team that recommends him to remain in that country.
The movement of the former Catalan president intends to internationalize the judicial decisions and to force the Belgian justice to position itself on the possible emission of a euroorder of detention by Spain. In addition, the expresident and the exconsellers that accompany him raise the possibility of requesting political asylum in that country.
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As we detailed earlier, Spain’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Jose Manuel Maza, made a short statement this morning as he filed a suit against former Catalonian leader, Carles Puigdemont and his colleagues, accusing them of “rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds”. In total, charges have been made against 20 people, 14 of them former members of the Catalan and six of them members of the Speaker’s Committee in the Catalan Parliament (which facilitated the declaration of independence).
Below is the front page of the document which details the charges, courtesy of the twitter account of The Spain Report.
And here is the first page of the accusation that has gone to the Supreme Cou
And here is the first page of the accusation that has gone to the Supreme Court against members of Speaker’s Committee. Same three crimes. pic.twitter.com/rzeR4sALpu
— The Spain Report (@thespainreport) October 30, 2017
The Spain Report published a summary of the court against members of Speaker’s Committee. Same three crimes. pic.twitter.com/rzeR4sALpu
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