- June 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Leaders of the top business associations in Spain and the Catalonia region have come out in favor of a government decision to pardon Catalan leaders serving prison sentences for organizing an illegal referendum in 2017 and attempting to declare independence.
Antonio Garamendi, chairman of the country’s largest business group CEOE, and the president of Catalonia’s Economic Circle, Javier Faus, said the pardons are a step toward a return to normal ties between Madrid and the region.
“If the result of this is that things go back to normal, then we welcome it,” Garamendi said in a interview Thursday with Radio 4. Pardons “are within the rule of law and fall within the government’s power.”
The decision by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to pardon 11 pro-independence leaders currently in prison has stirred controversy in Spain. Thousands of people gathered in Madrid on Sunday to protest the move, including…
