German Prosecutor Requests Puigdemont Extradition To Spain

German prosecutors said Tuesday that they have requested a court’s permission to extradite Catalonia’s ousted president Carles Puigdemont on a rebellion charge following his … Continue reading German Prosecutor Requests Puigdemont Extradition To Spain

By Ignatius Igwe

Updated April 3, 2018

Spain Prosecutors Say Immunity Won't Save Ex-Catalan Leader From Arrest — Catalonia’s ousted regional president Carles Puigdemont (C) holds his first post-election meeting for members of his parliamentary group in Brussels on January 12, 2018. Spain’s government will go to the country’s Constitutional Court if Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont, in exile in Belgium, attempts to be re-elected into office from abroad, a government source said on January 11. Catalonia’s separatist parties on December 21 retained their parliamentary majority with 70 seats in the 135-seat Catalan parliament, but eight belong to politicians who are either in jail or have fled to Belgium, after Madrid sacked the Catalan regional government following the October 1 referendum and the unilateral declaration of independence. JOHN THYS / AFP

German prosecutors said Tuesday that they have requested a court’s permission to extradite Catalonia’s ousted president Carles Puigdemont on a rebellion charge following his arrest last month.

“The prosecutor’s office of Schleswig-Holstein state applied for an extradition arrest warrant against former Catalonian regional president Carles Puigdemont from the superior regional court,” it said in a statement.

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