What Carles Puigdemont will have an escort service Mossos d’Esquadra in Belgium It is, at this moment, something that only revolves around your desires. As of today, the possibility of his custody by agents of the Catalan regional police seems remote.
Is he Ministry of Interior who would have to process it once he received the formal request from the Generalitat of Catalonia but, according to government sources consulted by this newspaper, the department headed by Fernando Grande-Marlaska It would be far from giving approval because, they insist, it could be referred to another instance.
The filter that the request should pass would be the State Attorney General’s Office. The organism, the same sources reveal, could be the in charge of settling the controversial petition when it was received given the special characteristics of the matter and Puigdemont’s situation.
Interior is the one in charge of acting as a bridge in these cases. However, the extraordinary – and delicate – nature of this request opens the door for the General State Attorney’s Office could serve as a channel between Catalonia and Belgium.
Nevertheless, the last decision is from the Belgian authorities, who will be the ones who approve or disapprove of providing Carles Puigdemont with the team of bodyguards he requests. It is the Government of the country to which he fled that has power.