The magistrate of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, Susana Polo, has cited the former president of the Generalitat and MEP Carles Puigdemont and the member of the Catalan Parliament Ruben Wagensberg as investigated to give a voluntary statement between June 17 and 21 in the open case in February for alleged crimes of terrorism in the so-called Democratic Tsunami case. As they are limited, the instructor can only offer a voluntary statement. If they refuse, Polo’s next step will be to send a petition to the two parliaments, which will be renewed in the coming months, so that they allow a formal investigation and thus be able to summon them to testify.
This subpoena arrives at the gates of the approval of the Amnesty law, currently being processed in the Senate. The PSOE and Junts have tried to nuance the law as much as possible so that Puigdemont can be amnestied not only for the cause of the pending process, but also for Tsunami.
In an interlocutory notice notified yesterday, the investigating magistrate indicates that the statements will be carried out via video conference and that those under investigation will have to attend accompanied by a lawyer, once their whereabouts and address are known. For this reason, the judge has obtained a European investigation order (OEI) or international rogatory commission in criminal matters through Eurojust.
The magistrate points out that this summons is agreed upon in accordance with what has been set forth and in express compliance with the interlocutory order issued by the Admissions Chamber on February 29, when it agreed to open criminal proceedings against the two accused for crimes of terrorism in relation to the facts investigated in the Democratic Tsunami case for the riots caused following the judgment of the process in October 2019.
