This Thursday, all eyes are on the Parliament of Catalonia. There, around 9:00 in the morning, Carles Puigdemont has reappeared after seven years on the run to try to interfere in Salvador Illa’s investiture.
At 10:00 in the morning the debate to swear in Illa began, after fourteen years without a socialist government in Catalonia. The former president of the Generalitat said he would attend, but he did not. He has lost track after he appeared publicly and the Mossos d’Equadra have activated a ‘Cage’ device with controls on several exit routes from Barcelona to try to locate him.
If he were not arrested and managed to enter the Parliament, he would not be detained since, according to the protocol of the chamber, “in no case” could the Mossos enter the interior to carry out the arrest of a deputy, except “in the case of flagrant crime”. This is the point in which it is shielded Puigdemont.
If Puigdemont were arrested…
But if he were arrested, the machinery would be set in motion in the Supreme Court. Judge Pablo Llarena, the investigating magistrate, would be notified and time would begin to run. The situation would have to be resolved within 72 hours, the three days required by law. The parties would be notified, the time of the statement would be set and Puigdemont would be transferred to Madrid. Presumably, the judge would take his statement in the Supreme Court for the crime of embezzlement (a condition for which he has not been pardoned). Puigdemont could then invoke his right not to testify and the parties could request precautionary measures. This means that could go to prison in record time.
Barcelona, completely armored
A few meters from the Parliament, Puigdemont’s followers gather in a Act in support of the fugitive ex-presidentA large security device has already been deployed there to prevent the fugitive from accessing the interior.
But not only has the Parliament been shielded, the whole city has been flooded with agents, who are watching every point in the city. The aim is to prevent it from entering the Catalan parliament, because it would complicate things.
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