The previous president has run in Catalonia’s elections from overseas earlier than, showing on the prime of his occasion’s record in each 2017 and 2021.
Carles Puigdemont, the previous president of Catalonia, declared his plans this Thursday to run for the management of Catalonia’s authorities, seven years after he left Spain following the unilateral declaration of Catalonia’s independence in 2017.
Throughout a gathering on the Elna city corridor in southern France, alongside his occasion’s management, Puigdemont introduced his plan to steer the Junts Per Catalonia occasion within the upcoming Might 12 elections.
Puigdemont fled Spain in October 2017, concealing himself in a automobile’s trunk, following the suspension of Catalonia’s autonomy and the dismissal of its authorities by Mariano Rajoy’s conservative administration, invoking article 155 of the Spanish Structure. Since escaping, the previous president has lived in self-imposed exile in Belgium, evading an arrest warrant issued for his function within the push for independence.
It is not going to be the primary time Puigdemont has sought election in Catalonia since fleeing to Belgium. He led his occasion’s record in each the 2017 and 2021 elections with out returning to Spain for the campaigns or to say his regional deputy certificates, as claiming his seat required his presence.
Nonetheless, this time round, Puigdemont’s lawyer, Gonzalo Boyé, has acknowledged the ex-president plans to return to Spain, even on the threat of arrest. Puigdemont’s circle believes that ought to he be detained, an impending amnesty might see him launched shortly, permitting him to take part within the swearing-in ceremony with out going through any fees.
