Spainish lawmakers begin debating divisive amnesty bill
Dec 13, 2023
Madrid [Spain], December 13: Spanish lawmakers on Tuesday begin debating a controversial bill to grant an amnesty to Catalan separatists that was pledged by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in order to remain in power. The amnesty was offered six years after a failed independence bid by Catalan separatists, with Sanchez insisting it would help "turn the page" on Spain's worst political crisis in decades that still stirs up very raw emotions.