Since the effort to separate Catalonia from Spain, the leader of the separatists, Carles Puigdemont, has been prosecuted with an arrest warrant. Although a left-wing politician had just arrived in Balcerona, he did not receive a reception by the service. In fact, any police officers helped him escape.
The opposition in the Spanish parliament demanded the resignation of MMA chief Fernando Grande-Marlaski as police did not arrest erstwhile Catalan Prime Minister Carles Puigdemont erstwhile he appeared at a rally in Barcelona. He has been wanted by Spanish police for respective years.
Earlier on Thursday, Puigdemont in company with his lawyer Gonzalo Boye appeared in accordance with earlier announcements under the building of the Catalan Parliament. He was welcomed by separatist politicians led by his Junts party, as well as a group of respective 1000 supporters of the separation of Catalonia from Spain.
After a brief speech, Puigdemont went in an unknown direction and, as the Spanish police said, is presently wanted in Catalonia as part of an operation conducted under the code name “Klatka”.
During the rally there was a push with the servants. Officers utilized sticks and pepper spray.
Police services confirmed that 1 of the uniform Mossos d’Esquadra, a regional police force, was detained before noon to aid Puigdemont arrive in Barcelona and flee the city.
The Spanish trade union of Jupol police reported in a message that the detained Catalan officer was not the only associate of the regional formation to assist Puigdemont and his associates.
The non-governmental organisation Hazte Oir announced that a announcement should be submitted to the D.A. against the Spanish Home Minister for "failure of criminal prosecution". The complaint is besides intended to cover the current Catalan Prime Minister Pere Aragones and Commander Mossos d’Esquadra Eduard Sallent.
Opposition politicians of the groups, the People's organization (PP) and Vox, demanding the resignation of the head of the MMA, accuse him of not coordinating operations. They claim that the wanted for nearly 7 years in connection with the organisation of the illegal Puigdemont independency referendum in Catalonia "has measured the cheek" to the Spanish law enforcement dimension.
The leader of PP Alberto Nunez Feijoo called “the anticipation of escape to Puigdemont an unheard shame”, as well as “the delirium”. He recalled that already on Wednesday, a wanted Catalan separatist announced that he would be coming to the gathering of the Catalan Parliament, where a debate was held on Thursday on the candidacy of the head of regional socialist structures (PSC) Salvador Illa as Prime Minister of the region.
During the session, Illa stated that the amnesty for Catalan separatists, introduced in May this year, does not apply to Puigdemont, as there are respective court cases against the erstwhile Prime Minister of the region.
One of the investigations that is conducted under the code name “Voloh” examines the Catalan separatists' relationships with the Kremlin. According to the findings of the investigation, it was Russia that financed the escape and stay in Belgium of Puigdemont. He left Catalonia in late October 2017, shortly after the independency referendum and failed effort to declare independency of the region.
(PAP)/work. FA
