No words for this one, it speaks for itself.
Spain’s Supreme Court has appointed Manuel Marchena as the judge to decide whether or not to admit the complaint filed by Òmnium Cultural against the former king for the alleged crimes of corruption, tax fraud, and money laundering. Marchena was the judge who presided over the Catalan referendum trial in 2019, which saw nine independence leaders be given jail sentences of 9-13 years for their roles in the 2017 independence push.
“We fear that we are facing a new maneuver by the state powers to protect themselves,” Omnium vice president Marcel Mauri stated on Saturday. “Who better to protect the monarchy and the powers of the state than Marchena?” “This is a judge who has committed serious violations of fundamental rights in an attempt to end the independence push” Mauri went on to say.
The pro-independence figurehead then accused Marchena of having led the trial in 2019 “with a clear lack of guarantees and where fundamental rights such as freedom of expression, ideological freedom, and peaceful assembly were violated.” In fact, Omnium has already accused Spain of “flagrant violation” of fundamental rights denouncing that Marchena was piloting a trial that saw “the presence of the far-right party Vox as a private prosecutor and the application of a procedural right of exception.”
“We fear that we are facing a new maneuver by the state powers to protect themselves,” Omnium vice president Marcel Mauri stated on Saturday. “Who better to protect the monarchy and the powers of the state than Marchena?” “This is a judge who has committed serious violations of fundamental rights in an attempt to end the independence push” Mauri went on to say.
The pro-independence figurehead then accused Marchena of having led the trial in 2019 “with a clear lack of guarantees and where fundamental rights such as freedom of expression, ideological freedom, and peaceful assembly were violated.” In fact, Omnium has already accused Spain of “flagrant violation” of fundamental rights denouncing that Marchena was piloting a trial that saw “the presence of the far-right party Vox as a private prosecutor and the application of a procedural right of exception.”
https://english.vilaweb.cat/noticies/catalan-referendum-trial-judge-to-decide-on-complaint-against-former-spanish-king/
Spanish president Pedro Sánchez spoke on Tuesday to give his support to the monarchy, saying king Felipe VI has “distanced himself” from Juan Carlos I, and stressed that the courts are looking into “a person, not an institution”. He did not clarify whether he collaborated with former king Juan Carlos to plan his departure, arguing that such information is “confidential”.
The vice president of the Catalan government, Pere Aragonès, compared the situation of Juan Carlos with that of the Catalan politicians who went into exile to avoid incarceration for their role in the 2017 independence bid: “While some go into exile for defending democracy and calling a referendum, others do it because they’re corrupt, like Juan Carlos I.”
The vice president of the Catalan government, Pere Aragonès, compared the situation of Juan Carlos with that of the Catalan politicians who went into exile to avoid incarceration for their role in the 2017 independence bid: “While some go into exile for defending democracy and calling a referendum, others do it because they’re corrupt, like Juan Carlos I.”
https://english.vilaweb.cat/noticies/political-turmoil-after-former-king-juan-carlos-flees-spain/
