Amnesty request for CUP activist from Mallorca
Alerta Solidària has presented an amnesty request for a CUP activist from Mallorca who was facing trial for painting graffiti on the Felanitx town hall. The organization defends that the events for which it is being tried are contemplated within the limits of the amnesty law and occurred two days before the deadline established by the regulations, specifically November 13, 2023. However, the trial has been postponed due to the damage assessment, which the City Council has valued significantly above the judicial expert’s report. Now, the parties involved must rule on the possible amnesty of the young man.
Trial suspended due to discrepancies in the assessment of damages
The trial, scheduled for Wednesday morning, has been postponed due to a technical discrepancy in the assessment of damages. The value established by the expert, 140 euros, has been multiplied by more than ten, reaching 1,500 euros, by the City Council, which is under the control of the PP. Given this significant discrepancy, the hearing has been postponed, and the amnesty request has been presented in writing instead of verbally, as the defense lawyer had planned.
Application of the amnesty law and arguments of Alerta Solidària
With the recent publication of the amnesty law in the BOE, it has been requested that it be applied to the case, since the regulations establish a period that spans from November 1, 2011 to November 13, 2023. That is, that the graffiti, made on the 11th of that same month, is within the time frame. Furthermore, the law does not limit its application to Catalonia, but is understood to be applicable to all autonomous communities equally, including the Balearic Islands, according to Alerta Solidària.
The entity argues that the amnesty covers “acts committed with the intention of vindicating, promoting or seeking the secession or independence of Catalonia, as well as those that would have contributed to the achievement of the aforementioned purposes.” Therefore, they consider that the presence of the estelada flag, an unequivocal symbol of the Catalan independence movement, together with the “public declaration of the deep feelings that the concept ‘Spain’ awakens in the author of the graffiti”, are determining elements for the case can be amnestied.
Repercussions and next steps
In the coming days, the parties involved will have to take a position regarding the application of the amnesty law. For his part, the accused, a member of the CUP Mallorca, has always questioned his prosecution, claiming that he is being investigated for his political activity, and denouncing that he was arrested unexpectedly after voluntarily attending a summons at the Guardia Civil barracks in Felanitx, where he was subjected to questioning and the taking of photographs and identifying body features.
