Germany authorizes the extradition of the head of Spain

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"Extradition for embezzlement of public funds is admissible." Extradition on charges of rebellion does not apply. is not admissible, "said the Schleswig-Holstein Regional Court. The Spanish government accuses the Catalan leader of the rebellion because of the referendum in 2017, which aimed to separate Catalonia from the rest of Spain. However, the court ruled that there was not enough violence to characterize a rebellion.

It is now up to the German prosecutor to organize the surrender of Puigdemont to the Spanish authorities – until then he must remain at liberty. The body has informed the court that it "will decide soon when it will authorize the extradition of the accused."

The court's decision stands against the motives advanced by Spain for extradition and, in theory, prevents Catalan from being tried for rebellion if he is sent back to his country. "The court badumes that the Spanish court will respect [a decisão alemã] and that it will not prosecute the accused Puigdemont for rebellion and corruption."

The Chief of Independence celebrated the court's decision and declared that it represented a defeat "state-supported lie [espanhol]". "We have defeated the main lie supported by the state.The German courts deny that the referendum of October 1st was about the rebellion.Every minute spent with our comrades in prison is a moment of shame and injustice We will fight to the end, and we will win! "Writes Puigdemont on Twitter

(STES).

STES sued 25 people for the independence process in Catalonia, among them Puigdemont, the vice-president of his government, Oriol Junqueras and six members s of his former cabinet, five of which have been in custody for more than six months, while two others are fugitives, such as Puigdemont

The Spanish president Pedro Sánchez rejected the decision, but said that at least Puigdemont will be tried in Spain. At a press conference at the end of the NATO summit in Brussels, Sánchez said that judicial decisions "are not criticized, respected" and that the government is acting with regard to the decision to The territorial audience of Schleswig-Holstein

According to Sánchez, "the important thing in terms of Spanish justice" is that "those involved in the events that occurred in the last half of 2017" will be judged by the Spanish courts and "it will happen".

From a political point of view, what the government does is "to respect every judicial decision, be it in Spain, Belgium or Germany, where it is," he added

(With EFE and AFP)