Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is accused of embezzlement during Catalonia’s 2017 independence bid. He had hoped to return to Spain without fear of arrest after an amnesty law was passed by parliament.Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld embezzlement charges against Catalan secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont, effectively overruling an amnesty agreed by politicians in the country , according to DW.
Puigdemont is accused of misappropriating public funds as part of Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum, which went ahead despite being declared illegal by the Supreme Court.
Spain’s parliament passed an amnesty bill in May that was meant to pardon Catalan separatists while establishing two exceptions for embezzlement. The agreement was a crucial part of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez forming a government with support from a pair of Catalan parties after an indecisive
