The Senate approves a manifesto rejecting the sentences of Catalan political prisoners and the judicialization of politics
The Senate of the University of Barcelona, gathered in extraordinary session, approved by 111 votes in favour, 7 against and 6 blank votes, the Manifesto rejecting the sentences of the Catalan political prisoners and the judicialization of politics. The text calls for an immediate release of those people who were unjustly condemned or in provisional prison and the dismissal of all related ongoing penal and administrative procedures, as well as the return of exiled people.
The Senate of the University of Barcelona, gathered in extraordinary session, approved by 111 votes in favour, 7 against and 6 blank votes, the Manifesto rejecting the sentences of the Catalan political prisoners and the judicialization of politics. The text calls for an immediate release of those people who were unjustly condemned or in provisional prison and the dismissal of all related ongoing penal and administrative procedures, as well as the return of exiled people.
This initiative results from an agreement by the members of all collectives of the Catalan universities so as to initiate an extraordinary Senate session in each university whenever the sentence of the trial by the Spanish Supreme Court was released -in order to read a joint statement against the repression of the State and put it to the vote. The Senate of the University of Lleida approved it last Thursday with 108 votes in favour, 12 against, and 3 blank votes. The other Catalan public universities are expected to vote over the course of this week.