Since October 14th, there are ongoing mass protests in Catalonia (a part of Spain with a strong pro-independence sentiment), demanding freedom for their political prisoners jailed by Madrid (for 9–13 years). Hundreds of thousands people are on the streets. Barely reported by media. Barcelona Airport was overtaken for one day.
And most of the current prisoners are not politicians and have never been.
Regarding the politicians, may these traitors rot in jail. They betrayed their people and surrendered themselves when everybody was on the streets ready to fight.
So yes, looks extremely convenient these days.