Spain’s Supreme Court has rejected a request by Catalonia’s pro-independence presidential candidate Jordi Sanchez to be let out of jail and sworn in as regional head.
The Catalan parliament had been scheduled to hold a debate and vote on Sanchez’s candidacy tomorrow, but after the court’s ruling Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent announced suspension of the session indefinitely.
Sanchez was remanded in custody in October pending charges over his role in last year’s failed Catalan independence bid.
Source: AIR