What We Know
Judge Pablo Llarena has ended the investigative phase of the ‘procés’ case against former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and former ministers Antoni Comín and Lluís Puig, and has revoked their indictments.1Backed by 1 sourcesrtve.es The case has been sent to the Supreme Court’s criminal chamber, which is now responsible for deciding whether the amnesty law applies to the three defendants.2Backed by 2 sourcesen.ara.catrtve.es
The move removes the immediate procedural obstacle identified in the reporting to the amnesty being applied, and several outlets describe it as bringing Puigdemont’s return to Spain closer.1Backed by 1 sourcesrtve.es The decision concerns Puigdemont, Comín and Puig, whose cases had remained before Llarena as instructor of the ‘procés’ proceedings.1Backed by 1 sourcesrtve.es
The decision is framed as leaving the case with the criminal chamber, which may definitively archive it and is associated with Puigdemont’s return drawing closer.3Context supported by 3 independent sourceselconstitucional.esen.ara.catelconfidencial.com
Source Comparison
Aligned reportingAdds context
- elconstitucional.es↗The headline presents the decision as leaving amnesty to the ‘procés’ court and associates it with Puigdemont’s potentially closer return, but provides no further procedural detail.
- en.ara.cat↗The report identifies Marchena and the criminal chamber as the next institutional destination, describing the chamber as able to archive the case definitively.
- elconfidencial.com↗The headline links Llarena’s lifting of Puigdemont’s indictment with a closer return, adding the return-focused framing without supplying the full procedural account for all three defendants.