Overview
- The Constitutional Court ruled on October 6 that the national amnesty law fits the Constitution and that the Supreme Court misread the law’s malversación exception.
- The Tribunal de Cuentas has already applied the amnesty to the 35 accounting defendants in the 1‑O case, including Carles Puigdemont, Artur Mas and Oriol Junqueras, and ordered their financial guarantees lifted.
- Carles Puigdemont has filed for immediate application of the amnesty in his criminal malversación case and asked the Supreme Court to start the formal closure procedures.
- Tribunal Constitucional president Cándido Conde‑Pumpido said any later repeal of the law would not revive penal responsibilities that the amnesty has already extinguished.
- The next step is for the Supreme Court to formally apply the law to pending criminal prosecutions while interested parties consider appeals against the Tribunal de Cuentas ruling and political opponents weigh repeal efforts.