The instructor of the ‘procés’ Pablo Llarena has made a new move before resolving, as requested by the Prosecutor’s Office, on the reactivation of the European and international arrest warrants against the former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont and the former minister Toni Comin, both with MEP minutes.
Once the General Court of the European Union confirmed the withdrawal of parliamentary immunity for both and the granting of the request to be tried, Llarena was waiting for Puigdemont’s next move before making a decision. The independence leader had the possibility of appealing that ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union and requesting precautionary measures to recover his immunity while the merits of the appeal are resolved.
For now, Puigdemont’s defense has presented the appeal before the European body but is still pending to request precautionary measures. Sources from the high court indicate that if the measures are requested, Llarena will leave the reactivation of the OED pending pending a decision from the CJEU.
For this reason, through an order, the magistrate has given a period of 10 days to Puigdemont and Comín, prosecuted for the crimes of embezzlement of public funds and disobedience once the sedition was repealed, to justify the presentation of an appeal. cassation and, where appropriate, request for suspension before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of the agreement of the European Parliament to grant the request made at the time by the judge.
The instructor makes this decision once the deadline to file an appeal against the ruling adopted on July 5, 2023 by the TGEU that ratified the decision of the European Parliament to grant the request against both has expired.
Judge Llarena, in a ruling issued on July 27, agreed to consider the requests of the prosecution and the private prosecution to reactivate the European arrest warrants and international arrest warrants against Puigdemont and Comín, but established that he would rule on them when the CJEU rule on possible precautionary measures that both defendants could present against the decision of the TGUE.
