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Puigdemont asks Supreme Court to complete the amnesty process

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Supreme Court building in Madrid, 2025
Archive · Supreme Court building in Madrid, 2025. Supreme Court building, recipient of the filing; 2025 photograph, without depicting a new judgment. Photo: Javier Perez Montes · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Thumbnails use a cropped display.

What happened

Europa Press reports a filing seeking closure of the embezzlement proceedings and the definitive lifting of arrest orders.

The 14 October report describes the defence’s request, rather than a new Supreme Court ruling.

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Votuo analysis

This criminal-case request must be distinguished from the accounting judgment issued that day. Each proceeding requires its own ruling to be checked.

The report helps explain why the issue does not end with the Court of Auditors’ judgment: a defence application states the outcome being sought, while a judicial decision establishes what has been decided. Supporting or opposing the law’s continuation is a political preference distinct from assuming that every application under it has already been granted.

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