Thursday, November 14, 2019

The Long Road Back to Spain; Clara Ponsati, Former Catalan minister arrested at Edinburgh police station, given a Spanish Court has found guilty 9 of her colleagues over their part in the ill fated Catalan declaration of independence, her day of judgment draws closer, her life, her career and her reputation destroyed by stupidity






















Dear All

Just as Scotland has problems with divisive separatists hell bend in causing division, so does Spain, the Spanish problem rests in Catalonia which is a relatively wealthy part of Spain. The fight for independence has a long and bloody history. In recent times, the trouble flared up in the region leading to a crackdown by the Spanish authorities.  After the misjudged Catalan declaration of independence, on the 27th October 2017, those who the Spain said committed sedition when on the run.

One of them was Former Catalan minister Clara Ponsati. Ponsati then fled to Scotland and was welcomed by the cohorts of the SNP. The Spanish authorities issued a 

Former Catalan minister Clara Ponsati arrested at Edinburgh police station European Arrest Warrant on the charge of sedition over her role in Catalonia’s unsanctioned independence referendum in 2017. So, if she is convicted, she faces 15 years behind, given what was done was illegal, she will probably face a jail sentence anywhere between 9 and 13 years. Nine others involved in this sedition case have already been sentenced.

I know what you think, this is a lovely old dear, what harm could see do?

Well, harm was done, she along with others held political power, and used that power unwisely which led to serious trouble and violence.


Spain has a history of civil war, back in the Franco era.


This was a bloody period in Spanish history; his reign was marked by both brutal repression with thousands killed, and economic prosperity. Although a dictator, Franco greatly improved the quality of life in Spain. Naturally, the Spanish Government doesn’t want to go back to the dark days of the Spanish civil war.

What the Catalan officials did was to take Spain on a course which led to violence, which is why Clara Ponsati has to be judged in a court in Spain. Today, she was arrested much to the outrage of the SNP, her lawyer Aamer Anwar said:

“We believe this is an abuse of the extradition process, we believe this is an abuse of the European Arrest Warrant”.

Well, this is neither, when a crime is committed, there is no immunity because there is a political aspect to it.

Anwar added:

“The crime of sedition is a 16th-century offence that was created by kings and queens to stop backlash from ordinary people that wanted their rights. Luckily in Scotland, sedition was abolished a long time ago. We will be fighting this on the basis of Clara’s human rights being abused if she is returned back to Spain.”

He will lose, this is not a human rights case, saying it is, is why human rights is so discredit because of this abuse of the court system. And it is an abuse which is why criminals use this tactic because legally they don’t have a real case to present. Since Ms Ponsati has been arrested she is expected to be transferred to Edinburgh Sheriff Court for a hearing and so will probably apply and get bail.

Home for tea!

Arresting her is the first step to deporting her, she has effectively run out of road, and although some might jump on this as a ‘cause celeb’, look at the outcome of what her actions started. When I see

Violence!

Finally, the SNP embraced Clara Ponsati and held her up as a plucky martyr, she isn’t, she also isn’t a stupid woman either as her wiki page shows, highly educated, an academic, but like many who think they are above the law, she will be find out the hard way, she isn’t. After she is deported, the only time she will be mentioned by the SNP is as a talking point to advance their agenda. Given nine of her cohorts have received lengthy prison sentences, I doubt her chances of a return to Scotland post trial.

Her life, her career and her reputation destroyed.  

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

1 comment:

  1. I hope the Spanish authorities throw away the key. I'm surprised sturgeon hasn't tried to hold some illegal indyref2.

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