The Public Prosecutor’s Office made its move the day after the general election and reactivated the process to obtain the handover of Junts’ MEPs, Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín. It was the step which investigating judge, Pablo Llarena, was waiting for before taking a stance. For this reason, the 1-O prosecutors are calling on Llarena to issue a warrant for the search, arrest, and imprisonment of Puigdemont and Comín, as well as requesting the reactivation of another European arrest warrant (EAW) after establishing that, according to the July 5th European General Court’s (EGC) ruling, both politicians in exile do not have parliamentary immunity. All of this comes from a statement released on Monday by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, “in case it is necessary to process the extradition request”.
“The EGC’s sentence can be appealed before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), although it states that the defence’s appeal “does not have suspensive effect,” said the Public Prosecutor’s Office while admitting in a statement.
