Arrest warrant issued for ousted Catalan leader: lawyer

Sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont’s Belgian lawyer, Paul Bekaert, sits in his office in Tielt in Belgium Nov. 2, 2017. (Reuters/Yves Herman)

BRUSSELS: A Spanish judge has issued an arrest warrant for ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, his lawyer told Belgian state broadcaster VRT on Thursday.
“I have just heard from my client that the warrant has been issued for the president and four of his ministers who are in Belgium,” lawyer Paul Bekaert told VRT.
“Mr. Puigdemont will stay here. He has said that he will fully cooperate with B elgian authorities during the procedure,” Bekaert said.