Former Catalan president barred from office until 2020

Spain’s High Court of Justice in Catalonia (TSJC) has confirmed the sentence against former president Artur Mas, banning him from public office until February 2020 for organising a non-binding vote on independence on November 9, 2014. The sentence issued by the high court and confirmed by Spain’s Supreme Court also affects Mas’ former ministers, Joana Ortega and Irene Rigau, who have […]