Catalaanse leider Puigdemont opgepakt: “Beangstigend”
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De voormalige premier van Catalonië, nu Europees Parlementslid, Carles Puigdemont werd gisteren aangehouden op het Italiaanse eiland Sardinië. Tegen Puigdemont liep een internationaal arrestatiebevel vanwege Spanje, omdat hij het aandurfde een democratisch Catalaans referendum over onafhankelijkheid te organiseren. In maart nog werd er in het Europese parlement op vraag van Spanje gestemd over de opheffing van de parlementaire onschendbaarheid van Carles Puigdemont. Een meerderheid stemde hier helaas voor, niettegenstaande er nog een procedure loopt bij het Europees Hof van Justitie en Puigdemont in feite niet opgepakt mag worden.
Het Vlaams Belang volgt de evolutie van dit dossier dus met argusogen. Een Italiaanse rechter zal allicht vandaag al beslissen of Puigdemont wordt vrijgelaten of uitgeleverd aan Spanje.
“Dat land wil hem vervolgen omdat hij en zijn regering een referendum over de onafhankelijkheid van de regio Catalonië hadden georganiseerd”, legt Kamerlid Ellen Samyn uit. Na een eerlijk gewonnen volksraadpleging riep de toenmalige regering de onafhankelijkheid uit, maar Spanje sloeg brutaal terug met geweld, Catalaanse leiders werden opgepakt of zagen zich genoodzaakt naar het buitenland te vluchten zoals Puigdemont deed. Deze laatstgenoemde kan bij een veroordeling een celstraf van 25 jaar opgelegd krijgen.
“Het is beangstigend hoe in de Europese Unie volksnationalisten door het regime worden vervolgd, en hoe de politici van de traditionele partijen die de mond vol hebben van mensenrechten in Hongarije en Polen nu zwijgen en laf de andere kant opkijken”, besluit Samyn, die in de Kamer hierover de nodige vragen zal stellen.