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Tom Canetti
The talk of the town across Spanish media for the past week has been the pardoning of the Catalan political prisoners jailed following the unofficial referendum on independence in October 2017. Despite heavy opposition from Spain’s Supreme Court and the conservative opposition party, the
Partido Popular (PP), the socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, confirmed the pardons at Barcelona’s Liceu Theatre, striving to promote concord rather than revenge.
On a high level,
los indultos, under which the nine political prisoners have been ‘forgiven’ and released, may appear favourable to Catalan
independistas. The announcement seems to foster democracy and progress ideals championed by the former socialist party leader and premier, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who has expressed his support. But behind the scenes, many on the left and the right believe a more nuanced political game to be in play.