The National Court, which has been sentencing the Pujol family since Monday, finally decided that the patriarch of the clan, former president of the state of Catalonia Jordi Pujol Sule, Yes, he sits on the bench (Although since then … He then attended the trial despite medical reports indicating that he was unfit to stand trial.
The court explained that while the former president must have “active participation,” It will be evaluated whether you are in a position to respond or not. He does this taking into account that it is expected, according to the legal sources he has seen, that he will not announce himself as an accused until a few months from now.
She made this decision a decade later Appearance before the oral hearing behind closed doors In it, he listened via video to Pujol (95 years old), who had just been discharged from the hospital after overcoming pneumonia, and who confirmed: “I am not in my best moments.” The judges also heard from the forensic doctors who prepared reports on the former president’s health condition and confirmed that he was not in a position to testify at trial.
Specifically, the two forensic experts from the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Catalonia indicated in their document that Pujol “Not in physical or cognitive condition” To attend the trial hearings in the National Court because he currently suffers from a diagnosis of a major neurocognitive disorder of mixed type (Alzheimer’s type and vascular type) and this disorder is associated with mild cognitive impairment, which is “irreversible, progressive, developmental and without effective treatment.”
Trial of the Pujol clan
Consequently, the trial of the patriarch, his seven children, the former wife of the first-born, Mercy Geronis, and dozens of businessmen and collaborators will continue to be tried on charges of forming an alleged criminal organization that would have enriched itself for decades through corrupt activities using its political position. It must be remembered that the Prosecutor’s Office demands the maximum penalty, 29 years in prison for the family’s eldest son, Jordi Pujol VersolaAnd a fine of more than 6.5 million.
The Public Prosecution accuses them of crimes of illegal organization, money laundering, forging commercial documents against the public treasury, and seizing assets. In the case of the “President”, the anti-corruption agency requested 9 years’ imprisonment and a fine of 204 thousand euros.