Former CUP MP Anna Gabriel, who spent the last four and a half years in exile in Geneva, appeared in the Supreme Court this Wednesday. Pablo Llarena, the judge in charge of the Independence bid case, had already withdrawn the arres warrant on July 19 when Gabriel first appeared before the Court. In statements after her appearance, Gabriel explained the judge asked her if she had received an order from the Constitutional Court (CC) in 2017, which she did not. Therefore, she is confident "the case will be thrown out or sent to Barcelona". Gabriel, prosecuted for disobedience (a crime that does not involve a prison sentence) for having promoted the UDI in 2017 as spokesperson for the anti-capitalist party, appeared for about ten minutes and refused to answer Vox's questions. At the exit, visibly moved and taking no questions from journalists, she gave thanks for the support received, denounced that the judicialisation "should never have happened" and made it clear that her "principles remain intact".

Former CUP MP Anna Gabriel has returned this Tuesday after almost five years of exile in Switzerland in order to appear before the Spanish Supreme Court (SSC). This was reported by surprise this morning by the court itself in a statement. Gabriel appeared accompanied by her lawyer, Iñigo Iruín Sanz, who also represents the former Catalan minister Meritxell Serret. In fact, Serret was the first exile to return to the country, and Gabriel just the second. After appearing before SSC judge Pablo Llarena, she was summoned for questioning in the near future and was subsequently released. Gabriel plans to return to Switzerland today.