Tens of thousands of citizens have concentrated Tuesday afternoon against the Catalan municipalities to protest the decision of the Constitutional Court to suspend the law of consultation and claim that the referendum of November 9th is allowed.
The heavy rain that fell in most of Catalonia at 19, 00 hours, did not deter the protesters, once again answered the call of the Catalan Cultural Òmnium National Assembly and the two entities in the last three years have mobilized hundreds of thousands of people on the occasion of National Day. “Votarem will vote”, “we want to vote” and shouts for independence were the slogans chanted by the protesters, who returned to wear the yellow jersey of the last calls and flags estelades .
One of the largest demonstrations took place in the Plaza de Sant Jaume de Barcelona, site of City Hall and the Palace of the Generalitat, where five thousand people gathered, according to city police. In one corner a clock to count down the days, hours and minutes remaining to the 9-N and over the counter s a huge banner was unfurled with the phrase “a small country that together we will do very big” is installed attributed to a citizen
The sovereignist party leaders joined the call for the Catalan capital and sent their leaders. Josep Rull (CDC), Oriol Junqueras (ERC), Antoni Castellà (Unio ), Joan Josep Nuet (Unida i Alternativa ERC) and Quim Arrufat (CUP). Irene Rigau, Minister of Education of the Catalan government, and Neus Munté, Social Welfare, also supported the concentration
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A picture of concentration against the suspension in Girona. / Toni Ferragut
Some demonstrators carried large cardboard ballot boxes with ballot and a group of them they rose above the umbrella some giant letters that read Serem lliures ‘(We’ll be free) and Independence.
A spokesman for the ANC read a manifesto that he regretted that the Constitutional Court seeks to “mute” the Catalans with the suspension of the law of consultation and the decree of convocation signed Artur Mas on Saturday. Manifesto also criticized the “disrespect public authorities to democratic rules” and said that “is not a legal issue but a political issue.” Text recalled that the query has the support of 80% of Members of Parliament and 90% of Catalan municipalities have passed motions in favor of 9-N.
Carme Forcadell, president of the ANC addressed the protesters soaked and proclaimed: “We will not stop neither rain nor snow nor any Constitutional Court.” Then he demanded of citizens mantenagna “commitment to Catalonia,” alluding to maintain citizen mobilization.
From 21.30 hours, fifteen people were camped outside the Government Office Catalunya in central Barcelona, convened by the CUP under the slogan “no disobedience no independence”
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Tarragona meets 2,500 people in defense of consultation and Lleida, 3,000
L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia’s second city in population and the PSC governed by a thousand people also gathered outside the consistory, which at that time held a municipal city. Protesters conminaron the mayor, Núria Marín, to come out to see them. The mayor is contrary to cooperate with the Government in organizing the consuta. The ANC announced that the 17th held a major event in the city.
Similarly, about 700 people gathered for the 9-N in Badalona, Catalonia’s third city in population and PP mayor. 2,500 people also supported the demonstration in the Plaza de la Font de Tarragona cry the same cry of “independence” and “we want to vote.” Responsible for reading the manifesto was the historian Jaume Sobrequés. “Democrats express our firm Catalan institutions Voters consultation support,” he said.
In Girona over 4,000 people gathered outside the City of Girona. The organizers were convinced that “the unity of society and political forces, we have no brakes.” Writer and journalist Josep Maria Fonolleras read the manifesto and actress Txe Arana and Festival Director High Season, Salvador Sufier , put up posters for the 9-N.
L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia’s second city, a thousand people have gathered outside the council, governed by the PSC, reports Clara Gil. The City Council is debating precisely the sovereigntist motion that has driven the Catalan Association of Municipalities and Towns Asociaciópn of Independence. concentrates have shouted the mayor, opposing the referendum, to see the protest. The ACN has taken the time to campaign and seek volunteers to report that on the 17th held a major event in the city.
Around 700 people, according to the Urban Guard, have been concentrated in Badalona, the third city of Catalonia, reports Adriano Luciani. The protesters have demanded the mayor, Xavier Garcia Albiol, he left the town hall balcony. The writer Rosa Soler read a manifesto lamented that the Constitutional Court has struck a blow to democracy. “Today has shown little respect for us. This is our great opportunity to build a better country,” he said. The opposition formed by the PSC, CiU and Initiative, and forced approval last 9-M irritation popular Mayor week. Facing the Consistory, have deployed this banner: “Not a Enrera pas: independència” (“Not one step back: independence.”)
Some 2,500 people have gathered in the Plaza de la Font de Tarragona shouting “independence” and “we want to vote.” The historian Jaume Sobrequés, read a manifesto that said: “Democrats express our strong support for the Catalan institutions Voters consultation”. The manifesto says that 80% of Catalans want to vote for the political future of Catalonia. `Voting is democracia`, concluded Sobrequés, reports Merce Pérez.
In Lleida, about 3,000 people gathered at the Paeria. Attendees not only berated the decision of the Constitutional but many of the protests have been directed at the mayor and current chairman of the PSC, Angel Ros. Lleida City Council held yesterday morning, an extraordinary plenary session to discuss the Paeria support the conclusion of the consultation. The government team prevented the vote claiming that he could not violate the precautionary suspension of the Constitutional Court. Protesters have not forgiven the decision and Ros have been several who have demanded his resignation and I have labeled “very little brave” reports Alfonso Congostrina.
Call of the ACN to focus on the places of the municipalities was also seconded by some three thousand people in Vic, a town ruled by Josep Maria Vila d’Democrat Abadal, president of the Association of Municipalities for Independence. More than 4,000 people also gathered from the City of Girona. Members of the ANC and Omnium Cultural expressed their desire to want the independence to “stop being a state that we go against obscene inequalities.” The writer and journalist Josep Maria Fonolleras have been commissioned to read the manifesto in defense of the Consultation.
Your reading was interrupted when one of the moments of intensity, have hung a banner ” Mossos for Independence. ” Actress Txe Arana and High Season Festival Director, Salvador Sufier makers have been pasted on the wall of the Consistory the first of thousands of posters that have been printed with 25 different messages within the campaign “Ara és l’Time” . The event ended with the singing in unison of the thousands of attendees of “Els Reapers”, tells Marta Rodriguez.
In the capital region, hundreds of citizens were armed umbrellas, raincoats and estelades to fill the town squares. In Terrassa,-a thousand people attended a similar figure Sabadell.- also covering the Raval de Montserrat, where the Consistorio- sits with a blanket of multicolored umbrella, reports Ivanna Vallespin . Concentrates from children to the elderly, and chanted slogans concatenated soberanistas Els Reapers or Lluis Llach L’stake. After an hour the rain stopped and umbrellas were replaced with signs that read: “Spanish is not democracy” or “frau Constitució =”
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