They sentenced Catalan separatists with sentences of up to 13 years in prison

In addition to the vice president, the head of the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) party was an economic vice president and thus managed the public money used for the secession process by authorizing funds for the referendum of self-determination October 1st, 2017..

The eight other imprisoned leaders were sentenced to between 9 and 12 years in jail, while the three politicians tried at liberty -Santiago Vila, Meritxell Borrás and Carles Mundó- They were fined 10 months, 200 euros and a special exclusion of 1 year and 8 months, so as not to enter the prison.

Social Leaders Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart they were sentenced to nine years' imprisonment and an absolute challenge of sedition for putting the organizations of citizens presiding at the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Cultural Omnium in the service of "the maneuver of political pressure "elaborated by the Catalan secessionist government, according to the judges.

The former head of Catalan diplomacy Raúl Romeva and former advisors Jordi Turull and Dolors Bassa They were sentenced to 12 years in prison and absolute disqualification, also for sedition and embezzlement. For his part, the former president of the Catalan parliament Carme Forcadell She was sentenced to 11 years and 6 months in prison and absolute disqualification from sedition.

According to the judges, Forcadell "He had a relevant and decisive intervention, which reached his greatest intensity in the parliamentary pillar, through which he tried to weave a network of parallel legality, without validity, but which would contribute to the strategy of independence . "

Meanwhile, the former interior counselors, Joaquim Fornand territory, Josep RullThey were sentenced to ten years and six months' imprisonment, to absolute challenge and were acquitted of embezzlement charges.

The arguments of the Spanish justice to condemn separatists

In its 500-page sentence, the Supreme Court states that "the existence of violence is proven", But "It is not enough to check the indisputable episodes of violence to proclaim that events incorporate a crime of rebellion."

The prosecutor's office had awarded the secessionist leaders the crime of rebellion and demanded sentences of up to 25 years in prison.

The assumption of rebellion, which demanded recourse to violence, was also defended by the popular accusation of the far-right party Vox and was the argument of the conservative Popular Party (PP) and Liberals of citizens, who were defending what had happened. in Catalonia, it was a "coup d'etat".

However, the Supreme Court denied, assuring that, for the rebellion, the violence should be "instrumental, functional, directly organized in advance, without intermediate steps, for purposes that encourage the action of the rebels "C has arrived in Catalonia.