The Court of Accounts has rejected the request of former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont to suspend his trial for embezzlement in the illegal 1-O referendum and the foreign promotion of the process.
In an order from the responsible counselor, Elena Hernáez, Puigdemont is responded to that the trial for accounting embezzlement is not incompatible with any ruling that has been made through criminal proceedings, as the pro-independence supporter defends, and that his request “was already raised in 2022 and dismissed.”
Hernáez, appointed at the proposal of the PP, does not enter into the current amnesty process because there is no law in force on the matter. Nor did Puigdemont use it for now in his request for suspension signed by those also on trial Toni Comín, Clara Ponsatí and Lluis Puig.
After denying this claim, the Court of Auditors has summoned Puigdemont for questioning for embezzlement in Madrid on the 17th.
On the other hand, the counselor has also denied the request of the Catalan Civil Society, which acts as an accusation, for conclusions to be reached on the 17th. Hernáez wants more time to make a statement.
The State supervisory body judges the embezzlement of up to 5.3 million euros for the illegal calling of the 1-O referendum in 2017 and the promotion of the process abroad with public money and wants to interrogate Puigdemont as one of the most responsible.
If, as is highly probable, Puigdemont does not attend the Court of Accounts summons, it is not expected that a fine will be imposed on him as he is part of the case and not a witness, but it is counterproductive for his defense and would go against him in the development of the case. case in which sanctions will have to be decided on those responsible for embezzlement. The former Catalan president initially claimed MEP immunity to avoid being prosecuted, but his request was rejected. The amnesty agreed between Junts and the PSOE is now their great escape route.
