The decision of Carles Puigdemont's defense to recuse three judges of the Constitutional Court (TC) The Constitutional Court (TC) had already predicted a delay in the timeframe for deciding on the amnesty for the former president of the Generalitat. This Thursday, the president of the Constitutional Court (TC), Cándido Conde-Pumpido, confirmed this at a luncheon with journalists. "It will be difficult for them to be resolved before Christmas," he said regarding the appeals for protection of constitutional rights by both Puigdemont and former ministers Toni Comín and Lluís Puig. Conde-Pumpido attributed this "delay" of at least a month compared to the initially planned timeframe—the TC expected to admit them for processing in early September, but will finally do so in next week's plenary session—to the court's decision to try to remove conservative judges José María Macías, Enrique Arnaldo, and Concepción Espejel.

The Constitutional Court is seeking legitimacy three months before it issues a ruling on the amnesty. And the court's president, Cándido Conde-Pumpido, asserted his position this Monday in an unusual format: invited by the Ateneo de Madrid, he gave a speech and took questions from journalists to say that "questioning the Constitutional Court is questioning the Constitution and the democratic system." Conde-Pumpido's idea is for the ruling on the PP's appeal to arrive before the summer, a "reasonable" timeframe, he said, given that the law came into force in July 2024. Thus, the Constitutional Court would rule a year later.