President Carles Puigdemont He gave more details about how he left after giving a short speech. Barcelona toward Belgium Last week Thursday August 8.
He did so on Friday in an opinion piece in the European digital newspaper. Politicowhere he explains that he did so. sitting in the back seat Out of the car, not hidden in the trunk.
He also mentions that he crossed the border by land towards Northern CataloniaBut he did not specify whether he was in the same car he left Barcelona in or another:
“There was no need to hide in the trunk of a car, as they say. I got into the back of a private car and they drove me across the border between southern Catalonia and northern Catalonia, a French administrative region.”
“Exercising the right to resist injustice”
He himself echoed the article on social media, noting that he was no longer “to be… Arrested“but to exercise the right Resisting oppression“And he insisted on accusing the judges of doing so.”Hybrid coup“:
“When a judge refuses to apply democratic law, it is a form of oppression that no democrat should tolerate.”
Police operation and alternative plan
In the article, Puigdemont reiterates that his initial intention was to be in parliament At the inauguration general session that day:
“I have taken a very great personal risk to draw attention to a systemic problem facing Spanish justice and to denounce the political obsession of a court that should be impartial when making decisions.”
He added that because of the operation organised by the police to arrest him and “stay freeIt had to be enabled.Plan B which I have prepared:
“This means speaking at this event, evading illegal arrest and leaving Spain.”
The president takes the opportunity to accuse the Mossos of “provocation.” chaos “All over Catalonia” withOperation cage To try to arrest him, and pointed out that the last similar operation took place after 2017 17A attacks.
He also points out that it was impossible for him to reach Parliament that day due to the spread of the Moss and that trying to do so would have been tantamount to trying to do so. To be detained:
“If I had tried, it would have been tantamount to handing myself over to the judicial authorities, which I believe do not have the legal authority to prosecute me, because it would violate international standards, as well as the legislation passed by the Spanish Parliament.”
‘Clean Hands’ Convicts Bowie of ‘Complicity’
Meanwhile, the far-right false union clean hands Puigdemont’s lawyer filed a report with the courts on Thursday, Gonzalo BoyAnd he accused hima partner” I “Cover-upWho is defending him?
In a complaint signed by the Secretary-General of this body, Miguel BernardIt is noteworthy that the fact that Bowie accompanied Puigdemont on stage when he appeared in Barcelona is “conclusive evidence.
That’s why they accuse him.obstruction of justice And neglecting the duties of preventing crimes or promoting their prosecution as an accomplice and cover-up.
Boye, who learned of the allegation from the press, responded on Twitter/X saying: “It is clear that It bothers some To act as President Puigdemont’s lawyer.”
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