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Puigdemont, Catalan ministers turn up in Brussels as Madrid sues them for rebellion
Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has appeared in Brussels alongside other members of his cabinet as the Spanish Attorney General Jose Manuel Maza filed a lawsuit against the secessionist leaders over their push for independence.
Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has appeared in Brussels alongside other members of his cabinet as the Spanish Attorney General Jose Manuel Maza filed a lawsuit against the secessionist leaders over their push for independence.
On Monday morning, he posted a photo of the Catalan parliamentary palace, but did not appear there. Later, the Catalan media reported that the sacked regional leader turned up in Brussels alongside with some other members of his cabinet.
The Spanish authorities soon confirmed that Puigdemont had indeed traveled to the Belgian capital. The Catalan government’s press service, on the contrary, said it has no information about his whereabouts and added that it “knows nothing about the president [of the Generalitat of Catalonia] at the moment,” as reported by TASS.
Later on Monday, a Belgian lawyer, Paul Beckaert, told Reuters that Puigdemont had asked him to become his legal representative in Belgium. However, he said, the sacked Catalan leader has made no specific legal requests so far.
"I can confirm Carles Puigdemont has appointed me as his legal representative, as he is currently in Belgium," the lawyer said. "I'm his lawyer in case he needs me. At the moment there are no specific dossiers I am preparing for him," he added.