Spain's Supreme Court Rejects Puigdemont's Amnesty Request

Spain's Supreme Court has rejected former Catalan president and Junts leader Carles Puigdemont's request to apply the Amnesty Law following his conviction for embezzlement. The court ruled that the amnesty, which was designed to pardon those involved in Catalonia's independence bid, does not cover the crime of embezzlement, as it involved the misuse of public funds.

Puigdemont, who has been living in self-imposed exile in Belgium since 2017, had sought to have the charges against him dropped under the new