Jordi Pujol, hospitalized with pneumonia one week before the start of the trial

BarcelonaJordi Pujol has been admitted to the Sagrada Família Clinic in Barcelona this weekend due to pneumonia, according to reports. The Supplement The news was reported by Catalunya Ràdio and has been confirmed by ARA. Sources close to Pujol indicate that the former president will need to be hospitalized for a maximum of four to five days, provided his clinical condition does not worsen. This hospital admission comes Just one week before the trial of the Pujol family begins, accused of organized crime, money laundering, tax evasion, and document forgery.

Presence at the trial?

However, it remains to be seen whether Pujol will be tried due to his health condition. At the end of October, the former president submitted three medical reports to the court so it could assess whether his health allowed him to attend and testify at the trial, which will be held at the National Court. This week, a forensic doctor examined him. The court must consider whether, at 95 years old, Pujol is capable of fulfilling the role of defense counsel. If so, the former president also requested that the possibility of not having to attend the trial in person in Madrid be considered, allowing him to follow it—and also participate—remotely from the City of Justice. In any case, his son, Oriol Pujol He confirmed this last week in an interview on The morning of Catalunya Ràdio that the former president wants to declareIn the trial, the prosecution is requesting a nine-year prison sentence for Pujol, and for his children, sentences ranging from eight to twenty-nine years. Jordi Pujol Ferrusola faces nearly three decades in prison. The State Attorney's Office, however, is not requesting any prison term for the former president and is requesting twenty-five years for his eldest son.