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The association of lawyers Movimiento24DOS, whose headquarters are in Madrid, has announced on Twitter that it will present a lawsuit against a Belgian judge if they accept to consider the civil lawsuit presented by Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and the ministers in exile against Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena.

In the hearing, set for 4th September, the judge will hear the arguments from the two sides and decide whether to further consider the lawsuit against the Supreme Court judge. He is accused of violating the exiles' rights to honour and the presumption of innocence. Llarena doesn't have to attend this hearing in person, he can send a legal representative instead.

For the lawyers, headed by professor Nicolás González-Cuéllar, if the Belgian judge accepts to consider the civil lawsuit, they will be committing malfeasance and a crime of improper assumption of office.

The lawyers say that, if they do file a lawsuit, it would be "as a popular action before the competent Spanish court", believing the Belgian judge to be claiming a "jurisdiction which isn't theirs".