The Court of Appeal of Sassari, in Sardinia, this Friday ordered the release of the former president of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont, who he was arrested this Thursday After an order from the Spanish Supreme Court, although he will not be able to leave the island, informed his lawyer in Italy, Agostinangelo Marras.
The judge found that his arrest at Alghero airport was made in accordance with the law, but decided to release him without precautionary measures, with the sole imposition that you do not leave Sardinia until you decide on your situation and that you stay in Italy for the next 30 days.
Puigdemont, who is subject to a European arrest and surrender order issued by the Supreme Court for sedition and embezzlement, will foreseeably leave prison in the next few hours Sassari high-security station in which he is imprisoned.
The possible extradition
Marra confirmed that Puigdemont you will have to stay in Sardinia until the judge decides whether you are released or he accepts delivery to Spain, a time that he calculated will last “a short time, a few weeks”, in which the former Catalan president will not be able to move around Italy.
A woman holds a poster with the face of former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont during a protest in support of Puigdemont in front of the Italian consulate in Barcelona. AP Photo.
The Italian Ministry of Justice specified that it has no decision-making power both in the arrest and in the possible delivery of former President Carles Puigdemont to Spain, since it is a Euro order and therefore it is a different procedure than an extradition.
“The Ministry of Justice specifies that it does not have any decision-making role in the procedure related to the European Arrest Warrant, such as the one related to the case of Carles Puigdemont. The procedure is entirely in the hands of the judicial authority, both for the validation of the detention as well as for the final decision on whether or not to surrender the detainee “, it was indicated in a statement.
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