Overview
- The 95-year-old former Catalan president has filed three medical reports asking the court to determine whether he is fit to face the proceedings.
- If deemed capable, the defense requests that he be allowed to follow sessions and, if necessary, testify remotely rather than travel to Madrid.
- Pujol has declined to pursue exclusion from the case for supervening dementia and has expressed a wish to face the trial and give evidence.
- Spain’s anti-corruption prosecutors seek nine years in prison for Pujol, with substantially higher penalties requested for some of his children, including up to 29 years for his eldest son.
- The case centers on allegations that the family hid a fortune in Andorra derived from corrupt activity, a claim the defense counters by citing an inheritance from Pujol’s father.