Prosecuted politicians assert right to parliamentary immunity

Four Catalan politicians prosecuted for allowing independence laws to be debated in parliament appeared before Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday, where judge Pablo Llarena told them they face criminal charges of disobedience.

As former members of the Catalan parliament bureau, they asserted their right to parliamentary immunity and asked for the preemptive measures that they are subject to since last November to be lifted.

Lluís Guinó, Lluís Maria Corominas, Anna Simó and Ramona Barrufet are to present themselves in front of a judge on a weekly basis for an indeterminate period. Their passport was seized and they’re not allowed to leave the country. In order to avoid jail, each of them was ordered to pay a bail of 25,000 euros.