The judge of the National Court sets Marta Molina free
The judge of the National Court, Manuel García-Castellón, has taken the decision to release ERC leader Marta Molina, who was being investigated for the Democratic Tsunami case. The decision was made after Molina’s statement by video conference from the courts of Barcelona to the central courts of Madrid. During the statement, Molina denied having called for violence and affirmed that Catalan independence is not violent (https://www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala/).
Political reactions to the judge’s decision
Judge García-Castellón’s decision to release Marta Molina has generated political reactions. Representatives of ERC, Junts and the CUP, as well as the president of Òmnium Cultural, have accompanied Molina to the doors of the courts in an act of independence unity. They have denounced that the Tsunami case is political and that it has been promoted to dynamit the amnesty law that must be approved next week in the Congress of Deputies.
The situation of the other investigated
In addition to Marta Molina, the judge had also summoned seven of the ten investigated in the Tsunami case to the National Court. Among them is former councilor Xavier Vendrell, who is in Colombia, and journalist Jesús Rodríguez, who moved to Switzerland after being accused of terrorism. The activist Josep Campmajó is also being investigated, while the computer scientist Jaume Cabaní and the Italian Flavio Giulio Foglia are of unknown whereabouts. The judge has asked the Italian authorities to search for Foglia (https://www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala/).
conclusion
In short, the judge of the National Court has released ERC leader Marta Molina, investigated for the Democratic Tsunami case. Molina has denied having called for violence and has affirmed that Catalan independence is not violent. The judge’s decision has sparked political backlash and more action is expected to be taken in relation to the others investigated in the case.