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Cándido Conde-Pumpido

Cándido Conde-Pumpido

Spanish judge

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  • 3d ago

    Puigdemont asks Supreme Court to apply amnesty to him without further delay

    Puigdemont's defence asked judge Pablo Llarena to close the case and lift his arrest warrants, the same day the Tribunal de Cuentas applied the amnesty to him and about thirty co-defendants.

  • Oct 1

    Conde-Pumpido demands renewal of four expired Spanish Constitutional Court seats

    Constitutional Court President Cándido Conde-Pumpido has urged political parties to renew four Senate-appointed magistrate positions whose terms expired in December 2025, while announcing final rulings on the Catalan amnesty law for 6 October.

  • Sep 22

    Spanish Constitutional Court moves to apply amnesty law to Catalan embezzlement cases

    Spain's Constitutional Court rejected a draft ruling against amnestying Catalan separatists on 22 September 2026, scheduling a formal plenary vote for 6 October 2026 to resolve pending embezzlement cases.

  • Sep 12

    Spanish Constitutional Court rapporteur backs Supreme Court rejection of amnesty for Catalan leaders

    Constitutional Court magistrate José María Macías circulated a draft rejecting Jordi Turull's appeal, arguing public funds spared Catalan officials personal costs during the 2017 independence vote.

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