 Now tens of thousands of Spaniards have protested in Madrid against government plans to pardon 12 Catalan politicians who were convicted over the region's failed independence bid in 2017. Around 63% of Spaniards opposed grunting the pardons while some 25% backed it and about 6% were indifferent according to a poll published on Sunday. Madrid's municipal police force estimated 126,000 people took part while the national police put the figure at 25,000. In a non-binded report last month, Spain's Supreme Court said that it opposes potential gup-in-pardons for the Catalan separatist leaders.