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| Puigdemont's extradition requested from Finland |
| 2018-03-25 |
| [Al Jazeera] Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont faces arrest in Finland after authorities there received an international warrant for his detention issued by Spain, the latest legal action against separatist politicians from the wealthy northeastern region. Madrid’s legal action against Puigdemont is an "attack on the heart of democracy", Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent said, speaking in front of the parliament, accompanied by various other heads of parties and a crowd of supporters. If he returns to Spain, Puigdemont faces up to 25 years in prison on charges of rebellion and sedition for his part in organizing an illegal referendum on secession last year. When police reach Puigdemont, a normal extradition process will begin, though they currently have no knowledge of his whereabouts, Finnish authorities said in a statement on Saturday. In an interview with Spanish radio station Catalunya Radio earlier, Puigdemont’s lawyer, Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas, had said his client was prepared to present himself to Finnish police. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 That's not what i read in the local press. Finland simply doesn't have rebellion in its laws. Germany has something similar and a lot of Spanish jurists think extradition is a done deal BUT that would cause Merkel a lot of domestic political headaches. Nothing to cause her lose power bit enough to cause bad blood. And the Spanish govt will gloat so uncontrolably that Merkel will bitchslap them via the Euro group within the Euro parliment to have at least a sense of propriety. |
| Posted by: Glineting Smith1983 2018-03-25 20:37 |
| #2 "President Carles Puigdemont was held in Germany when he crossed the border from Denmark, on his way to Belgium from Finland," the lawyer said. LINK Looks like the Finns were going to extradite him. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-03-25 09:13 |
| #1 And the Finns asked that euro order be written in English. This is the second time the Spanish judges have been bitchslapped. The Finns won't extradite |
| Posted by: Glineting Smith1983 2018-03-25 06:11 |