Former Catalan separatist president Carles Puigdemont left Sassari prison in Sardinia on Friday the day after his arrest at the request of Spain, which is demanding his extradition for the attempt to secede from Catalonia in 2017, a journalist reported. from AFP.
Carles Puigdemont, greeted by his supporters, left prison without making a statement. According to his lawyer, he was allowed to leave Italy pending the next hearing he plans to attend on October 4.
Spanish government wants him to stand trial in Spain
The European Parliament lifted the parliamentary immunity of Carles Puigdemont and two other pro-independence MEPs on March 9, a measure that was confirmed on July 30 by the EU General Court.
Exiled in Belgium since the 2017 secession attempt in order to escape prosecution by Spanish justice, Carles Puigdemont did not benefit from the pardon granted at the end of June to the nine separatists imprisoned in Spain and the Spanish government of socialist Pedro Sánchez still wishes that he be tried in Spain. Carles Puigdemont is being prosecuted for “sedition” and is accused of “embezzlement of public funds”.