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The Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Court today declared the extradition process against former President Carles Puigdemont "completely closed" and released the sovereignist leader, ending the 118 days of complex court proceedings with notable connotations "Puigdemont is free and can leave Germany immediately," said Efe Frauke Holmer, spokesperson for the Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Hearing .
The Court has now suspended the process by decreeing the lifting of the precautionary measures that have weighed on Puigdemont – on bail of 75,000 euros – once it has received the official communication The decision Judge Pablo Llarena of the Spanish Supreme Court, who withdrew the request for extradition yesterday
Llarena proceeded in this manner a week after the German hearing decided itself to accept the extradition of the former Catalan president, but only alleged crime of embezzlement and not of rebellion, chief indictment for which the Supreme Court was prosecuting and that could go up to 30 years in prison.
The Territorial Court of Schleswig-Holstein explained in its resolution that it considered "inadmissible" the accusation of rebellion because it did not appreciate enough violence to put in danger the state institutions, a necessary condition for the crime of high treason, the equivalent of the German penal code. "19659003" planned for the crime of high treason has not been reached in the clashes in Spain, "argued the audience with reference to the incidents of the day of the illegal referendum of 1 October.
He also did not admit the crime of disturbing public order, which was also raised by the Spanish courts in the event that the crime of rebellion was not finally admitted , alleging that Puigdemont "he was not the spiritual leader of the violent actions."
The court then decided to keep the precautionary measures that he had already taken against the sovereignist leader in April, when He received the request for extradition from the Schleswig-Holstein prosecutor's office.He released him on bail of 75 000 euros, without the possibility of leaving Germany and with the obligation to appear every week in front of the police.
During the trial, the prosecution asked twice for the delivery of Puigdemont in Spain those that the Supreme Court judged, but the hearing resolved in another direction, have already pointed out the very first time the case fell to them
The information that Llarena sent to Germany to justify her accusations also did not work. change the position of the Audience
Several German jurists had expressed from the beginning their doubts as to the possibility of extraditing the Catalan politician for the crime of high treason.
Puigdemont was arrested on March 25 by German police shortly after crossing the border with Denmark and spent 13 days in Neumünster prison (north), until the Court released him under ianza [19659003] At the time of his arrest, he was driving back from Helsinki to Brussels, where he fled in October after the unilateral declaration of independence, after Llarena had asked for his extradition to Finland, taking advantage of 39, a visit to Puigdemont in the Nordic country.
Previously, the Spanish judge had already withdrawn a request for surrender of the sovereign chief to the Belgian justice, which also did not agree to extradite the Catalan politician for rebellion.
The constitutionally protected Spanish government rejected Puigdemont and all his directors on October 27, 2017, after the regional parliament of the day approved a declaration in favor of the unilateral independence of the Catalonia.
During the almost four months of his stay in Germany, Puigdemont resided mainly in Berlin, although in recent weeks he moved to Hamburg (north-west) for security reasons.
Beranista maintained a low political profile during this period, although he held several meetings with pro-independence politicians, including at least three visits from the current Catalan president, Quim Torra, and a major conference after his stay in prison.
Puigdemont has expressed his intention to return to Belgium once his legal situation in Germany is resolved. EFE
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