The Spanish government plans to pardon Catalan independence leaders on Tuesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said. Nine politicians and activists were jailed for sedition over the failed 2017 independence bid.
The move, actively rumored over the past few weeks, was confirmed by Sanchez on Monday, who announced the pardon would come the next day. The pardons are needed to promote national unity, the PM stressed, brushing off the concerns about the controversial move that were voiced by his opponents.
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