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Spain: Carles Puigdemont makes a brief reappearance
Spain: Carles Puigdemont makes a brief reappearance
(Franceinfo)
On Thursday, August 8, the independence leader, who has been in exile for seven years, gave a brief speech to his supporters. Still wanted by the police, he then disappeared.
He received a triumphant welcome. After seven years of exile, Carles Puigdemont was back in Catalonia, at his home in Barcelona (Spain), on Thursday, August 8. In front of thousands of supporters, he spoke for a few minutes to show that he has not abandoned his convictions: “Despite all their efforts and this desire to do us a lot of harm, despite the repression, today we have come to remind them that we are still here”. These words immediately pronounced, he slipped away discreetly. The independence leader remains the target of an arrest warrant. In his escape, he was reportedly helped by two police officers who were arrested.
A fleeting appearance that delighted his supporters, more united than ever behind him. “I don’t know what will happen, but it is very serious that our president has been in exile for seven years.”one of them believes. Puigdemont has already experienced flight and exile 7 years ago. In 2017, as president of the regional executive, he organized a self-determination referendum. An initiative deemed illegal by Madrid. Convicted, he then went into exile in Belgium and France to escape prison.
