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Spain's Top Court Upholds Amnesty Law for Catalan Separatists
- Spain's Constitutional Court upheld core parts of a controversial 2023 amnesty law pardoning over 300 Catalan separatists involved in the failed 2017 independence push.
- The amnesty was the result of a 2023 deal in which Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's left-leaning party secured the backing of a pair of Catalan independence groups, enabling him to maintain his leadership in a fragmented parliament.
- The court rejected most points of a conservative People's Party appeal arguing the law was unconstitutional, ruling that amnesty can be admissible under exceptional conditions and legitimate public interest.
- Sánchez called the ruling "magnificent news for Spain," saying the amnesty guarantees unity and coexistence, while People’s Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo denounced it as "illegal" and a corrupt power exchange.
- The ruling excludes former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who faces embezzlement charges and denies wrongdoing, and his legal team plans to appeal those exclusions before the constitutional court.
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Madrid. In one of the final steps for its final endorsement, the Spanish Constitutional Court (TC) yesterday endorsed the general amnesty law promoted by the executive of the socialist Pedro Sánchez, after an agreement with Catalan independence, to support his investiture in Parliament.
Success for the crisis-ridden Sánchez: The controversial law on the impunity of the separatists is legal.
The controversial amnesty in Spain remains, but this does not mean that the former regional president Carles Puigdemont can return immediately.
Opposition attacks law as ‘a disgrace’
Spain's Top Court Upholds Amnesty Law for Catalan Separatists
Spain's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld core elements of a disputed amnesty law enacted by the Socialist government after Catalonia's failed 2017 secession bid, under which more than 300 people have been pardoned.
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