So numerous are the outrages that have been carried out by the Spanish judiciary in the case investigated by the Supreme Court against the Catalan political prisoners that two key questions are being left to one side. On the one hand, there's the bidding which has started following the leaks from the public prosecution service over the sentences they could request for them in the indictments they plan to release this week for which they're considering very severe punishments of up to 20 years in prison as if it were nothing. The prosecution service of Pedro Sánchez's government, following the path traced by Mariano Rajoy's executive. Ça va de soi for those who hoped for a different line from the new government.
Given the enormous scandal which has been unleashed, it's had to publish a statement saying it's still considering its conclusions and that it will say what it's got to say soon. It's surprising that, at this stage, they can make such a statement after such different media outlets have published such similar reports. But nor is it anything new: legal leaks have been the order of the day for some time now.
On the other hand, there's the restriction a rushed start to the trial could imply for the legitimate right to defence of the accused; the Supreme Court wants it in January at any cost. Various lawyers for the defence, in recent hours including Jordi Pina (lawyer for Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Turull and Josep Rull) and Marina Roig (lawyer for Jordi Cuixart) on the TV3 programme Preguntes freqüents, have brought up procedural questions as important as the need for more time for the defence to have access to the evidence and that Pablo Llarena closed the investigation without them having been able to monitor all the information which came in.
First came the false narrative and now the hurry, hurry. Justice.