Supreme Court begins proceedings to transfer Borràs's case to Catalonia

The investigating judge asks the Congress to accredit that it has lost the capacity before the Spanish high court

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Laura Borràs in Parliament — The President of the Parliament, Laura Borràs. Ferran Forné

MadridOne of the consequences of Laura Borràs having returned to Parliament, now as president of the institution, is that the Spanish Supreme Court case against her will be transferred to Catalonia's High Court. The procedures to this end have begun and an official letter was sent on Tuesday to certify that, indeed, she is no longer an MP and that, therefore, she should no longer be investigated by the Supreme Court. This happened on the very same day that Pilar Calvo took over Borràs's seat.

In the next few days a reply will be sent to the Supreme Court. Once it arrives, the examining magistrate will send the case to Catalonia's High Court. The investigation is still in its instruction phase and Borràs is still not indicted. On July 22 last year she refused to testify before the judge when she was summoned, although publicly she has already given her version of the facts on several occasions, especially when the processing of the request was debated in the Spanish Parliament.

The open case against Borràs - accused, for example, of the crime of embezzlement - can lead to imprisonment and also disqualification for public office. That is why the pro-independence groups are already working on how they will react depending on the evolution of the multiple judicial investigations opened against members of the Catalan Parliament. According to the regulations, the opening of an oral trial for corruption offences implies the suspension of rights and duties and, in case of doubt, the case is analysed in the MPs' Statute commission.