Clara Ponsatí’s lawyers vow to fight on after MEPs pave way for extradition
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Aamer Anwar
Lawyers for Clara Ponsatí, the exiled Catalan politician, have vowed to fight on after MEPs voted to remove her immunity.
Ms Ponsatí faces a charge of sedition for her role in Catalonia’s independence referendum in 2017 and could now be extradited to Spain.
MEPs have now voted to remove her immunity as well as that of former president of Spain’s Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont, and former Catalan health minister, Toni Comin.
Aamer Anwar, solicitor for Ms Ponsatí, tweeted that the European Parliament’s vote against those “who face extradition & political persecution for exercising the democratic will of the Catalan people” was “shameful”.
The Spanish government welcomed the decision as a victory for the rule of law.
Ms Ponsatí could be sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment if convicted.
Lawyers for Mr Puigdemont’s are bringing a case to the European Court of Justice to challenge the immunity vote.
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