The prosecutors of the Supreme Court consider that the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was the “absolute leader”, “intellectual author” and who took the reins to launch the Tsunami Democràtic platform, “an organized group of a terrorist nature” created in response to the ruling of the process dictated by the Supreme Court in October 2019 and by which several pro-independence leaders were sentenced to the crime of sedition.
This is the main conclusion of the letter written by the chief prosecutor Fidel Cadena, which reflects the majority sentiment of the Supreme Court prosecutors in the debate on whether there are indications for the high court to initiate an investigation into Puigdemont as requested. the judge of the National Court Manuel García-Castellón.
This matter has become somewhat complicated. The Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court believes that after TD there is no crime of terrorism and even less that there is evidence against Puigdemont. This thesis was endorsed by the Supreme Court prosecutor appointed to make the report before the high court. However, when it came to bringing his document to the Board of Prosecutors, it, by a large majority, determined the opposite direction.
However, this is not going to be the criterion that is delivered to the Supreme Court because the final report is being prepared by the lieutenant prosecutor of the Supreme Court and number two of the State Attorney General’s Office, María Ángeles Sánchez Conde, who is not obliged to maintain the criterion. of the Board. Even so, tax sources explain that it will study it for consideration. The final text will be sent to the Criminal Chamber, chaired by Manuel Marchena, which will decide whether Puigdemont should be investigated for terrorism, which would harm the option of him being amnestied.
The document prepared with the conclusions of the Board, and to which La Vanguardia has had access, points out that Puigdemont’s “charismatic” character could have prevented the riots of those moments, but far from using him for this purpose “he encouraged him to continue in the violent actions that were carried out with their knowledge and consent.”
In addition to the recorded conversations of Puigdemont referring to TD in the dates prior to its launch, prosecutors believe that the former president, together with his successor Quim Torra, or the former vice president, should be taken into account as an indication to initiate an investigation against him. and leader of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, “intervened – through social networks – with the purpose of promoting and making this new structure publicly known, contributing not only to its notoriety, but also to making it the medium chosen to convey the mobilizations. that they intended to organize in response to the Supreme Court ruling.”
The prosecutors who support this thesis support the criterion maintained by García-Castellón regarding the purpose of TD whose actions were “oriented, approved and favored by the guidelines, public and private support, and intellectual and ethical sponsorship of Puigdemont. For the prosecutors and the investigating judge, the objective of Tsunami was to “seriously destabilize public peace by preventing public powers and specifically the Supreme Court from complying with and executing their final sentences.”
Thus, they consider that the conduct described by the judge, especially what affected the El Prat airport, among others, “with the obvious intention of seriously violating public peace and subduing public powers, can be considered, at least in this procedural moment, as a criminal offense and specifically as crimes of terrorism.”
The response of the former president of the Generalitat to the report of the TS prosecutors has not been long in coming. Puigdemont has charged against judges, prosecutors, police and certain politicians and media outlets who, in his opinion, “believe that any means is legal to defend Spain.”
In a message on the social network “That gives credibility to delusional and manipulated information from the police services (as is usually the case when it comes to independence). 2. That, knowing that it is delusional and manipulated information, uses it for a purely political purpose.”
In line with this, the MEP points out that he has no doubt that “among judges, prosecutors, police and certain politicians and media, there are many artificers of the rule of law, who believe that any means is legal to defend Spain.” And there is also no doubt – he adds – that among those who are not supposed to be part of this corrupt plot there is the will and courage to pursue these behaviors, which are clearly criminal.”
