Overview
- The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court declared Clara Ponsatí amnestied on Thursday, November 5, 2026, and ordered the free dismissal of the disobedience case against her.
- The decision rests on the Amnesty Law passed by the Cortes and later validated by the Constitutional Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union, which removes criminal liability for covered acts.
- Ponsatí left Spain after the 2017 independence push, returned to Barcelona in March 2023 after a Penal Code reform that abolished sedition, and faced arrests and court summonses tied to Judge Pablo Llarena before the amnesty.
- This ruling follows recent Supreme Court amnesties for Oriol Junqueras, Dolors Bassa, Jordi Turull and Raül Romeva for malversación, which applied the same legal framework to end their prosecutions.
- The Criminal Chamber still must decide whether to close or amnesty the files for Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín and Lluís Puig after Judge Llarena withdrew their prosecutions and remitted the records for resolution.