Barcelona, July 30 (Reuters) -. Catalan CDC president and leader, Artur Mas, has today directed the militants of his party to inform the renunciation of all charges expresident Jordi Pujol and to encourage them to to “overcome” the “disappointment and sadness” caused after news that the founder of CDC had offshore accounts.
“As many of you, I am very shocked and saddened by the situation that we are living and the consequences in the personal and family and country terrain, “Mas wrote in the letter, which pointed out that Pujol” had worked all his life for the country “despite the errors he may have committed.
Mas has admitted that the situation is “sad and difficult for those who want their party, but asks” overcome “and stresses that there is” historic challenges ahead “requiring” high-mindedness and responsibility “for what he and CDC will put all the “energy”, “push” and “ability” to query the sovereigntist 9N possible.
In the press conference after their meeting in Madrid with President Mariano Rajoy, Mas has also said that “the weakness or strength” does not give it the expresident but “the Catalan people.”
He also said that “all political parties, both Spain and Catalonia and almost without exception, have problems with the law “, and noted that if any of them do not have them is because” it has no responsibility and management. “
As regards policies and legal responsibilities that may be faced Jordi Pujol, today has been known that the complaint filed by the union against Clean Hands Jordi Pujol and his wife Marta Ferrusola, went by partitioning the judge of the magistrate court number 31 Barcelona.
This judge will have to decide in coming days whether to accept the complaint admissible Clean Hands or files.
In parallel, the High Court and filed a case against Jordi Ferrusola Pujol, one of seven children of the former, which has been cited on 15 September by Judge Pablo Ruz, to testify as a defendant, along with his wife for money laundering and offenses against the Treasury.
The former partner of Jordi Pujol Ferrusola, Victoria Alvarez, who accused the son of former President to hide his wealth to the treasury and bring bags of money to Andorra, described as a “paripé” renunciation of honors part of the Catalan president Jordi Pujol and predicted that “more dirt will come out of the family.”
Victoria Alvarez has warned that remain publicly known many aspects of the supposedly hidden Pujol family businesses, as suspect your assets exceed EUR 3,000 million.
In recent times there has been speculation about whether the place where the president Jordi Pujol has “refugee” to avoid media attention is the second residence any of their children in the region of Cerdanya, one located in the Tor de Querol, in southern France, although the neighbors have said they had not seen any family member in the last days.
addition, the Board of Spokesmen of the Catalan Parliament will decide on the appearance of morning before the Committee on Institutional Affairs to give explanations for alleged tax fraud, because all groups except CiU ask your presence.
president of PPC, Alicia Sánchez-Camacho, Pujol has listed the case as “the biggest scandal of Catalan politics”, said, “obviously weakens CiU” and has criticized in his appearance Artur Mas not reprove expresident behavior.
Galician President, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, recalled that if a political offender, commits fraud or conceals relevant information, “the end is just knowing” and this is the “greatness of democracy.”
ERC leader, Oriol Junqueras, said Pujol’s confession highlights the need to undertake a “thorough regeneration” of political life, in a process that can only be “led, headed and starring” by the whole society.
Junqueras was convinced that the confession expresident that for 34 years hid a fortune abroad will not affect the sovereignty process Catalonia, believing that citizens are aware that the option of independence “is a chance, too, to make clean
Ciutadans leader, Albert Rivera, has described as” theater for cover corruption and cuts “have the meeting today held the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, and the president of the Generalitat, Artur Mas.
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