Charles Puigdemont's Planned Return Amid Political Tensions
Charles Puigdemont, former Catalonian president, plans his return to Spain, facing political tensions and debates over the amnesty law's application.
The former Catalonian president of the Catalonian parliament, Charles Puigdemont, has reported his willingness to return to Spain to Calella. Moreover, his visit is expected to be dedicated to participating in the inauguration of Salvador Illas, the current health minister of Spain and, hopefully, a new regional head. This act is especially daring since the context in which existed a lot of tension between the central government and Catalonia because of the amnesty law. This law has been approved recently, and on the one hand, it releases many of the separatist leaders from prison. However, the crime of embezzlement to which most of them plead guilty in the 2017 independence referendum has not been pardoned, ruining in this way the conceptual point of the amnesty law. The whole picture perfectly illustrates the complexity and incompleteness of the current situation.
Meanwhile, substances accompany Charles Puigdemont’s visit to Calella since he is now in Vallespir, France. There is a national arrest warrant for Puigdemont in Spain currently. Therefore, his apparent arrival to Spain would receive many political notices and evoke in many debates on how correctly this amnesty of many separatist leaders has been applied to the Catalonian separatists. It appears to be one of the periods of rapidly unfolding events within Spanish politics. Salvador Illas recent achievement of victory in the election and the ongoing work to form the government illustrate the overall political uneasiness. The Catalonians’ threats of unrest in case of Pugemont’s arrest seem to be able to influence the current situation regarding the cessation of power in ITER and the change of the delicate balance sheets. In this conformed unstable political climate, might Charles Puigdemonts’ place in BRUSSELS move?
