Public prosecutor asks Supreme Court to grant amnesty to Parliament Bureau members

The public prosecutor's office has asked the Supreme Court to grant amnesty to former members of the Catalan Parliament Bureau, Roger Torrent, Josep Costa, Eusebi Campdepadrós and Adriana Delgado. 

All four were tried and acquitted of the crime of disobedience after they allowed the processing of parliamentary motions in favor of Catalan independence and against the Spanish monarchy. 

Following their acquittal by the Catalan High Court in 2022 the public prosecution appealed to the Supreme Court. 

The Supreme Court's decision on the appeal is still pending, but the prosecution has now asked for the recent amnesty law to be applied. The court will meet on July 9 to decide, according to documents seen by the Catalan News Agency (ACN). 

One of the four, Costa, has asked not to be granted an amnesty, saying it could be interpreted as a recognition of guilt. 

Puigdemont 

The Supreme Court accepted this week that the amnesty applied to cases of disobedience, but not for embezzlement, meaning former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was excluded. 

Arrest warrants are therefore still in force for Puigdemont, along with other exiled pro-independence leaders Toni Comín and Lluis Puig.