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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

Spain’s PP leader shocks party by backing conditional pardon for Carles Puigdemont

PP president Alberto Núñez Feijóo at a campaign rally for the regional elections in Lugo, Galicia, Spain
PP president Alberto Núñez Feijóo at a campaign rally for the regional elections in Lugo, Galicia, Spain. Photograph: Cristian Leyva/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Members of Spain’s conservative People’s party say they are “stupefied” after their party leader announced he was in favour of granting a conditional pardon to former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont for his role in the illegal independence push in 2017.

Under the leadership of Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the PP has consistently condemned Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, for offering an amnesty to Puigdemont and dozens of others involved in the independence movement in exchange for the votes of his party, Junts per Catalunya (Together for Catalonia).

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