People's Party wants to prevent Puigdemont from earning public money

The People's Party wants to prevent the Catalan former president, Carles Puigdemont, from earning public money.

At the moment the Catalan leader, now in Belgium, is temporarily suspended as MP, so he earns no salary as representative, and last year he rejected the salary  he could claim as former Catalan president.

Yet last July he did request other prerogatives for having been in charge of the country, including an office and three employees.

The People's Party leader, Pablo Casado, announced on Wednesday that his group has presented an initiative in the Spanish Congress to amend a law in order to prevent individuals accused of rebellion from earning public money.

"This for Puigdemont. He can't live in a palace paid by the Catalan administration," said Casado in an event in Melilla.

The former Catalan president has always made clear that his current residence in Waterloo, Belgium, is exclusively paid with private funds.