Puigdemont urges the Supreme Court to grant him amnesty "without further delay" because he contributes to the "normalization" of Catalonia

Carles Puigdemont, the former president of the Generalitat catalana and leader of Junts, has formally requested the Supreme Court of Spain to apply the amnesty law to him without further delay and to definitively close the ongoing case against him related to the 2017 'procés'. Puigdemont has been living outside of Spain since October 2017.

In his petition, Puigdemont argued that granting the amnesty contributes directly to the intended purpose of the measure, which is the political and social 'normalization' of Catalonia.