Toni Comín has taken the oath required to formalise his European Parliament mandate after the Supreme Court lifted his arrest warrant under the amnesty law. He renewed an expired DNI at Congress after nine years abroad.
Nine years outside Spain had left Toni Comín with an expired identity card. He went to the Congress police station to obtain a new DNI before taking the oath required to formalise his European Parliament mandate.
Comín appeared before the Junta Electoral Central and swore to uphold the Constitution, invoking his loyalty to the people of Catalonia and the mandate of 1 October. That step allows him to take up his place in the European Parliament.
The Supreme Court lifted the arrest warrant against the former Catalan minister after the Constitutional Court backed the amnesty law for the procés. Comín has returned to Spain after nine years abroad. He said he had come back freely and had not appeared before a Spanish judge during the process.
The ruling has also shifted the position of other Junts figures. Former minister Lluís Puig has also returned after the Supreme Court lifted his arrest warrant and is due to formalise his status in the Catalan Parliament. Its president, Josep Rull, said he would welcome Puig at the entrance. The yellow ribbon will be removed from Puig’s seat.
Puig called for all those covered by the amnesty to be pardoned at an event in his hometown of Terrassa. Carles Puigdemont has not announced a return date. On Monday, Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena confirmed that the arrest warrants against the former Catalan president had also been lifted.
Catalan president Salvador Illa said the amnesty had improved coexistence and described the law as positive for Catalonia and the rest of Spain. He acknowledged that he had initially opposed it, but argued that the law had proved compatible with the Constitution and that the PSC had defeated the independence movement in two consecutive elections. Illa said he would treat Puigdemont with normality and respect if he returned. A separate national report has tracked PP-Vox discussions on joint Senate lists in a report on Senate talks.
