The instructor of the process 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 councilor Toni Comín, both with minutes of MEPs.
Once the General Court of the European Union confirmed the withdrawal of parliamentary immunity for both and the granting of the plea to stand trial, Llarena was waiting for Puigdemont’s next move before making a decision. The pro-independence leader had the possibility of appealing against the sentence before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and requesting precautionary measures to recover immunity while the merits of the appeal are resolved.
For now, Puigdemont’s defense has filed the appeal before the European instance, but it is still waiting to request precautionary measures. Sources from the High Court point out that, should the measures be requested, Llarena will leave pending the reactivation of the Euroorder pending a decision by the CJEU.
For this reason, through a providence, the magistrate has given Puigdemont and Comín, prosecuted for the crimes of embezzlement of public funds and disobedience – when sedition was repealed – a period of ten days to justify the presentation of an appeal in cassation and, in his case, a request before the CJEU for the suspension of the European Parliament’s agreement to grant the request made by the judge.
Llarena makes the decision once the deadline for filing an appeal against the judgment adopted on July 5, 2023 by the TGUE has expired, which ratified the decision of the European Parliament to grant the petition against both.
After both the Prosecutor’s Office and the popular prosecution represented by Vox asked for the reactivation of the Euroorders just after the results of the 23-J general elections were known, the judge decided that he would wait for the CJEU to make a decision if Puigdemont finally appealed and requested that the judgment of the TGUE be suspended.
