Mas former right hand man also banned from public office over independence vote

Former Catalan Minister for Presidency and Catalan European Democratic Party (PDECat) spokesperson in the Spanish Parliament, Francesc Homs, has been banned from public office for 18 months by the Spanish Supreme Court. The magistrates have found him guilty of disobedience for allowing the 9-N symbolic vote on independence in 2014, despite of the Spanish Constitutional Court (TC) suspension. A crime which, according to the court, “can’t be ignored by the criminal law”. Earlier this month, former Catalan President, Artur Mas, together with Former VP Joana Ortega and former Education Minister Irene Rigau, were heavily finned and banned from public office for  have also been banned from taking public office for a period of 1 year and 9 months and 1 year and 6 months. They will have to pay fines of €30,000 and €24,000, respectively.