Supreme Court takes over the case against pro-independence leaders

The Spanish Supreme Court judge Pablo Llanera announced on Friday that it would take over the case against pro-independence leaders from the National Court, thus opening the door for a possible reassessment of the preemptive imprisonment of ten Catalan leaders accused of rebellion for their role in Catalonia’s push for independence.

Llanera is already investigating Parliament bureau members who allowed the chamber to vote on independence on October 27. So far, he has imposed more lenient precautionary measures than his counterpart at the National Court, judge Carmen Lamela: while she put eight ministers and two civil society leaders in prison, Llanera only sent Catalan Parliament president Carme Forcadell to jail — she was released after paying a €150,000 bail.