Another great victory by Puigdemont: Spanish court drops extradition request for Catalan President

Spain’s selfnamed Supreme Court has dropped the extradition request for trhe 130th  Catalan President Carles Puigdemont as well as the Ministers of his government who are in Belgium and Scotland.

Catalan President is currently in Germany and was wanted under the charge of rebellion, sediction and misuse of public funds. The rejection comes a week after a German court ruled that Puigdemont could be not be extradited under these charges, but he could be for misuse under weak basis for Catalonia’s democratic independence referendum in 2017. German courts rejected the request of the more serious charge of rebellion and sedition - which carries a jail term of up to 30 years – sought by Madrid. The Spanish court also withdrew existing European Arrest Warrants (EAW) issued for other on-the-run Catalan politicians linked to the illegal poll so its a great victory for all the Catalan democratic movement.