Former President of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont was arrested by police upon his arrival on the evening of Thursday 23 September at Alghero airport on the basis of a European arrest warrant issued by the Spanish authorities for crimes against national public order and security .
The former president of Catalonia was immediately transferred to the Sassari prison. According to the daily El País, which cites legal sources, the hearing in Puidgemont has already been set for 9 am today 24 September.
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Judge’s decision today
The judge will have to decide “whether to release him or order his extradition” to Spain, according to the entourage of the former Catalan president in a statement. After the arrest, Spanish diplomacy took action by sending the honorary consul of Spain for the provinces of Sassari, Nuoro and Oristano, the lawyer from Alghero, Fabio Bruno, with the aim of verifying that the leader of Catalan independence is guaranteed the compliance with international rules.
In Alghero, the only Italian city of Catalan culture and language, the independence leader had to participate in a meeting with the Sardinian autonomist movement and meet the president of the region, Christian Solinas, and the president of the regional council, Michele Pais. To confirm the news, spread by the Spanish media and immediately bounced on the international ones, was Gonzalo Boy, Puidgemont’s lawyer.
Expatriation in 2017
On 30 October 2017 Puigdemont had expatriated to Brussels to escape arrest after the Madrid Public Prosecutor had accused the entire Catalan executive of rebellion following the referendum on 1 October 2017 on the independence of Barcelona.