On November 9, Carmen Forcadell, the Speaker of the Catalonian Parliament, has been released under 150,000 euros bond, after admitting before the Spanish Supreme Court that the promoters of the unilateral declaration of independence knew that it was illegal under standing Spanish and Catalonian law. The other members of the parliament´s board agreed with her. In all cases, they were released under bond or without bond.
In the case of the Jordi´s, they refused to accept the legitimacy of the Spanish courts and, refusing to defend their actions, they ended up sentencing themselves.
Today´s court actions show that Amnesty International´s claim that there are no political prisoners in Spain is true. In the face of the illegal and hoax referendum the Ministry of Justice had to take the perpetrators of sedition had to court. The persons prosecuted will still have their day in court but nobody can claim that they are political prisoners when Ms. Fordecall has admitted that the referendum/election was illegal. On December 21, there will be a real election of a new parliament in Catalonia. The independentistas may win a majority. Then there will have to be a future for all through the legal framework of the Spanish nation. After Ms. Forcadell´s statements of today, Mr. Puigdemont looks more the fool than ever.
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