Spanish judge rejects Puigdemont appeal, confirms amnesty law does not apply

Spain’s Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena confirmed on Tuesday  that he will not apply the controversial amnesty law to Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, citing an exemption for embezzlement of public funds.

Llarena rejected – as experts had expected – the appeal lodged by  Puigdemont, leader of the right-wing separatist movement Together for Catalonia (JxCat), against a previous decision by the judge in the same vein.