The Supreme Court has decided to apply the amnesty law to four former members of the Table of the Parliament of Catalonia, including its former president Roger Torrent, who were charged with an alleged crime of disobedience in the 'procés'.
In an order to which Europa Press has had access, the Criminal Chamber "declares extinguished the eventual criminal responsibility" of Torrent, Josep Costa, Eusebi Campdepadrós, and Adriana Delgado, all of whom were members of the Table of the Catalan Parliament at the time.
The four had been acquitted by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC), as it was not proven that they violated the resolutions issued by the Constitutional Court by approving various agreements in October and November 2019, "nor that they were aware of any non-compliance," as the Supreme Court recalls.
Specifically, they were tried for alleged disobedience for promoting and processing parliamentary initiatives related to self-determination and the reproach of the monarchy. Appeals were filed against the acquittal ruling of the TSJ of Catalonia before the Supreme Court, which were still pending, so the acquittal was not yet final.
Now, the high court maintains that those appeals "are without object" and that "it is appropriate to declare the facts that were the subject of the procedure amnestied, extinguishing any kind of responsibility that could have arisen for the acquitted defendants."
In another order, the Supreme Court extends the amnesty to the former mayor of Sabadell (Barcelona), Maties Serracant, sentenced to a fine of 1,800 euros for a crime of serious disobedience to a judicial resolution for having made municipal facilities in Sabadell available for the voting of the illegal referendum.
Furthermore, the court applies the measure of grace to two individuals who, according to the proven facts recorded in another resolution, participated "by throwing stones" in the mobilizations of October 2019 after the ruling of the 'procés' was known, for which they had been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for public disorder.
In the same way, the high court agrees to the amnesty in another proceeding for a person sentenced to more than four years in prison for public disorder in the protests against the ruling, as it is stated that "he threw stones and bottles" at the agents, "collaborated in the raising of a barricade at the corner" and "fanned the flames" started by other unidentified individuals, acting hidden behind a balaclava, according to the proven facts.