Government gives 6 jailed leaders permits to attend parliament

Junqueras, Romeva, Bassa, Turull, Rull and Forn were summoned for investigation committee on January 28

First photo of the seven male jailed leaders in Lledoners prison, published on November 30, 2018
First photo of the seven male jailed leaders in Lledoners prison, published on November 30, 2018 / ACN

ACN | Barcelona

January 17, 2020 02:43 PM

The Catalan government has given its go-ahead for six of the jailed 2017 referendum leaders to attend parliament for a committee. 

The imprisoned politicians had been summoned by the parliamentary investigation committee on the enforcement of direct rule from Madrid in autumn 2017 – and the justice department approved the decision. 

The session will take place on January 28 and it will be the first time that they all set a foot in parliament since the autumn 2017 independence push. 

The leaders given the go-ahead to attend the committee are former vice president Oriol Junqueras, and former ministers Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Raül Romeva, Dolors Bassa, and Joaquim Forn.