Constitutional Court ruling backs amnesty for Catalan leaders as Supreme Court faces urgent review

The Constitutional Court has sent the Supreme Court a ruling that supports applying Spain’s amnesty law to pro-independence leaders involved in the 1-O process, including cases concerning embezzlement.³Backed by 3 sourcescatalannews.comen.ara.catdemocrata.es The ruling, issued in response to an appeal by former Catalan minister Dolors Bassa, directs the Supreme Court to address the amnesty question in a preferential and urgent manner and could clear a path for the return of Carles Puigdemont and the resolution of Oriol Junqueras’s case.¹Backed by 1 sourcesen.ara.cat

Five conservative Constitutional Court magistrates accuse the court’s majority of effectively supplanting the Supreme Court by overturning the Criminal Chamber’s interpretation of the amnesty law in the embezzlement cases.¹Backed by 1 sourceselconstitucional.es The Supreme Court judge handling Puigdemont’s case has lifted his arrest warrant, although reporting indicated that the amnesty decision itself was still pending before the Constitutional Court’s ruling was notified.¹Backed by 1 sourcescatalannews.com