Spanish government, on hunger strike: ‘They will have fair trial’

Jailed leaders have “protection and guarantees of rule of law,” says Pedro Sánchez’s executive

The Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, on November 25 in Brussels (by Natàlia Segura)
The Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, on November 25 in Brussels (by Natàlia Segura) / ACN

ACN | Barcelona

December 1, 2018 12:34 PM

The Spanish government has quickly reacted to two jailed leaders’ going on hunger strike by claiming that they will have “a fair trial.”

On Saturday morning, Pedro Sánchez’s executive said that the prosecuted officials have “the protection and the guarantees of the rule of law.”

“The [Spanish] judiciary is independent and justice will be done,” said some sources of the executive in Madrid.

Justice, the same sources claimed, “is the only one which can make verdicts.”