The Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested the ‘ex-minister’ Clara Punsatí after her return to Barcelona this Tuesday with out turning herself in to the authorities, after fleeing from Spanish justice 5 years in the past.
The MEP has an arrest warrant in power in Spain for against the law of disobedience for the group of the referendum on October 1. Likewise, Punsatí has precautionary European Parliamentary immunity granted by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The ‘former minister’ has left the headquarters of the Col·legi de Periodistes cheered by round twenty individuals with ‘esteladas’ and has began a journey in the direction of El Born passing via Plaza Catalunya and Avenida del Portal de l’Àngel along with the lawyer Gonzalo boye.
Upon arriving on the Plaza de la Catedral, a plainclothes mosso approached her and requested her to accompany her to a police automotive with out a emblem, to which Ponsatí responded by exhibiting her her accreditation as an MEP and telling her that she has immunity. Her agent has repeatedly requested her to accompany her to the automobile and, lastly, Ponsatí has agreed on her behalf.
“The Mossos d’Esquadra illegally detain me in Barcelona”, these have been the phrases of the protagonist in query on her Twitter account. Precisely, minutes earlier than the arrest, he had referred to the state of affairs that has ended up occurring: “The mossos are obliged to respect the legislation. They and their superiors will know if an arrest in opposition to a MEP who enjoys safety is an order that they wish to execute “.
Ponsatí will go to court docket earlier than a decide on responsibility in Barcelona and, probably, he’ll launch her with precautionary measures whereas ready for Judge Llarena to summon her to testify.
“I’ve come right this moment as a result of it’s a day that was going effectively for me. To make it clear that the persecution I’m subjected to isn’t in opposition to me, it’s in opposition to your entire nation. I don’t come to succeed in any pact with the state, however to denounce the violation system of our rights”, he defined.
After his return, Brussels solely welcomes Puigdemont and the previous ministers Toni Comín and Lluis Puig, who do face crimes of embezzlement. And in Switzerland, Marta Rovira has nonetheless not returned, though she, like Ponsatí, is just being claimed for the crime of disobedience.
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