The Board of Prosecutors of Sala deliberates on the amnesty for pro-independence leaders
This Tuesday, the Board of Prosecutors of Sala debated the application of amnesty to the pro-independence leaders involved in the process and convicted or prosecuted for embezzlement. In a meeting of almost six hours, the body has finally endorsed the decision of the State Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, to grant amnesty to Carles Puigdemont, Oriol Junqueras, Toni Comín, Lluís Puig, Jordi Turull, Raül Romeva and Dolors down The decision, however, has been taken with an internal division: nineteen prosecutors in favor and seventeen against.
Relief in the Board of Chamber Prosecutors
As a result of this decision, the prosecutors until now in charge of the cases, Javier Zaragoza, Fidel Cadena, Consuelo Madrigal and Jaime Moreno, have been relieved. Now, García Ortiz’s number two prosecutor, Ángeles Sánchez Conde, and the chief prosecutor of the criminal division of the Supreme Court, Joaquín Sánchez-Covisa, will take on the responsibility of signing a new position before judges Pablo Llarena and Manuel Marchena.
Prosecutors for and against amnesty
Among the prosecutors who have voted against applying amnesty to the leaders of the process, the former Attorney General of the State María José Segarra stands out, who held the position between 2018 and 2020. She has also voted against the current chief prosecutor of Anticorruption, Alejandro Luzón. On the other hand, prosecutors Miguel Ángel Aguilar, Jesús Alonso, Pilar Barrero, Pedro Crespo, Ana Isabel García León, Teresa Gisbert, Fernando Rodríguez Rey, Esmeralda Rasillo, José Ramón Noreña, Manuel Martín- Granizo, Ángel Muñoz, Teresa Peramato, Joaquín Sánchez Covisa, Ángeles Sánchez Conde, María Antonia Sanz, Luis López Sanz and Beatriz Sánchez, as well as the former Attorney General of the State Dolores Delgado and the current Attorney General of the State Álvaro García Ortiz (https://correccioencatala.cat/com-estructura-text-catala/).
Context and implications of the decision
This decision by the Board of Prosecutors has a significant impact on the judicial process of the pro-independence leaders. The internal division among prosecutors reflects differing views on the amnesty and its legal implications. In addition, the relief in the Board of Prosecutors may have repercussions in the development of the trials before judges Pablo Llarena and Manuel Marchena (https://correccioencatala.cat/com-estructura-text-catala/).
