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Filling the sink

So long, sedition - what will criminal code reform mean for Catalan and Spanish politics?

Durada: 22 min
19/11/2022
In 2019, nine Catalan pro-independence leaders were found guilty of sedition for their roles in the independence push of 2017. Now, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez has announced that the crime will be struck from the penal code - a decision set to have a huge impact on Catalan and Spanish politics. Could those convicted politicians - subsequently pardoned but still barred from holding public office - make a return to frontline politics? And could those in exile - including former president Carles Puigdemont - be extradited or even return voluntarily? Lorcan Doherty is joined by Gerard Escaich Folch and Cillian Shields, with analysis from Jordi Nieva, Full Professor of Procedural Law at the University of Barcelona. This week's Catalan phrase is 'canviar de camisa'. Literally 'to change shirt', it means to change to change your beliefs.

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