Pujol now only awaits the judgment of history
I told them: "Don't think that what I'm about to say is an exaggerated pirouette. Making him go to Madrid could also have another meaning (besides mockery): that the judge covers himself and can say that, after making him go and have him examined by the forensic experts, they remove him from the case. Deep down, it's very possible that the court would rather say they can't judge him than have to acquit him, which, given how the trial has gone, wouldn't be out of the question at all." And so it has been. Of course, let him first pay the penalty of the news, if nothing else.
The trial for Jordi Pujol has ended. The court has removed him from the case due to his inability to defend himself. What we advanced could happen last Wednesday has happened. They have excluded him because the man was not in condition and because, fundamentally, it was much more convenient for them to remove him from the case than to acquit him, which, judging by the trial, was going to happen. A few minutes before eleven in the morning, two hours after the former president's arrival at the Audiencia, the president of the court, José Ricardo Prada, explained it like this:Court President: “The court had a very special interest in having an interview with Mr. Jordi Pujol Soley and knowing firsthand what his personal situation was. / The conclusion that the court draws or obtains is the impossibility of Mr. Jordi Pujol Soley remaining with full knowledge and capacities in this trial. Therefore, it is agreed that from this moment on he is… I don't want to use the word ‘expelled’, but yes, effectively, he is out of the proceedings. / The decision of the chamber has depended on the medical reports that existed previously, on the forensic medical report, which had already been provided at the beginning of the hearing sessions, and on the last medical report that the forensic doctor has issued to the court. And, as I say, also on the essential personal contact, since it is the court that must make the decision and cannot defer this decision to anyone else.”In this conversation that the judge mentioned, Pujol told the doctors he wanted to testify, which is what he had to say. Pujol is not one to hide, and if they were going to remove him from the case, the judge had to do it, not for him to ask for it. But, obviously, everyone knew that Pujol was not in a condition to testify, because he gets tired quickly, he doesn't hear well, he repeats himself and makes others repeat, he is nearly 96 years old, he walks with a walker and gets up late. The questions we have been asking ourselves these days persist: if the doctors had already said he couldn't go, if to have this final conversation with Pujol it wasn't necessary to make him go to Madrid, why did they make him go? Well, so that it wouldn't be said that he was soft, and so that… I already told you last Wednesday. I told them: “Don't think that what I'm going to say now is an exaggerated flourish. Making him go to Madrid can also have another meaning (besides the mockery): that the judge covers himself and can say that, after making him go and have him examined by the forensic doctors, they are removing him from the case. Fundamentally, it is very possible that the court deems it better to say that they cannot judge him than to have to acquit him, which, seeing how the trial has gone, would not be at all unlikely.” And so it has been. Of course, let him pay the penalty of the news first, if nothing else. President Pujol is out of the case, but the trial of his children continues. Pujol will not have an acquittal from criminal justice. He will have the judgment of history. Good morning.
