The Spanish Supreme Court is going to set up the banks of the 18 independence leaders accused in Catalonia, accused of rebellion, disobedience and embedience, among other crimes.

Many of them are political prisoners at present: Barcelona has a team made up of Oriol Junqueras, Carme Forcadell, Dolors Bassa, Raül Romeva, Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Cuixart, Josep Rull, Jordi Turull and Joaquim Forn. The rest are sovereign members who made up the table of the Catalan Parliament: Lluís Corominas, Anna Simó, Lluís Guinó, Ramona Barrufet and Joan Josep Nuet. Exconsellers Carles Mundó, Meritxell Borràs, Santi Vila and the former member of the Mireia Cup will also be tried.

However, Carles Puigdemont and the other leaders who are exiled will not be tried in this case, because the countries that have taken refuge in Europe have not authorised their extradition to Spain.

Judge Pablo Llarena began the investigation against the independence leaders by the laws and declarations approved by Parlament last October, as well as by the 1 O referendum. The defenses called for the prolongation of this phase on the grounds that they have evidence in favour of the defendants, but the Supreme has rejected in one stroke more than 300 proceedings, which could "be delayed in time".

Is the prosecutor going to go back?

The countdown is already underway. The Supreme has given a five-day period to the Prosecutor ' s Office and to the special indictment, exercised by the ultra-right party Vox, to present its written qualifications.

On 2 November, it will therefore be seen whether the Public Prosecutor’s Office, through the State Attorney, maintains serious accusations or reduces criminal claims; the crime of rebellion is punishable by 30 years in prison under the penal code. The president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced on Wednesday in the Congress of Deputies that the events of October in Catalonia cannot be considered crimes of rebellion.