PROSECUTORS in Spain have asked the country’s National Court to jail nine members of the sacked Catalan Government, but have raised the possibility of bail for one of them.
Their request came after the ex-ministers were quizzed on possible charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement, stemming from the Catalan Parliament’s declaration of independence from Spain on Friday.
The court said the prosecutor proposed eight should be jailed immediately and a ninth be allowed stay free if he pays bail of €50,000 (£44,000). The eight include former Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras.
Carles Puigdemont, the sacked Catalan president, and four other ex-Cabinet members are still in Belgium and have ignored court summonses to appear in Madrid today.
The Supreme Court earlier suspended until next week the questioning of six members of the Catalan Parliament board who are under investigation for rebellion following the independence declaration.
They had been ordered to appear by two Madrid courts today and also face potential charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement.
They include the Catalan Parliament’s speaker and pro-independence activist Carme Forcadell, and 14 ousted Catalan Government ministers including Puigdemont.
The court said the hearing of the six parliament board members was postponed until November 9 following a request by their lawyers.
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