He joined lowering tensions and commitment to ‘yes’ without ruling … – The Newspaper

He joined lowering tensions and commitment to 'yes' without ruling … – The Newspaper

Monday, October 6, 2014

Joana Ortega, Josep Antoni Duran Lleida and Ramon Espadaler before entering the meeting of the National Council of Unio, yesterday in Barcelona.

Preparing the Consultation 9-N and possible responses to questions are causing tensions in the parties supporting the call but no unanimous discourse. Unio is one of those cases. Yesterday he managed to stop the internal stresses in crescendo with this issue by unanimously at a special national council a Solomon political agreement that it appeals to “a resounding yes” to the first part of the question 9-N (want Catalunya be a Status ?) and is at the discretion of the militant response to the second (want this state is independent ?). For some, this agreement is not no door is closed, and the secessionists able to vote in favor of independence for the first time with the support of the party opens.

That was not an easy agreement as demonstrate the three-hour debate in the council, with fifty interventions. But above all, which is verified by previous difficulties to reach an acceptable agreement for all that could be adopted unanimously, as it were, in the decision-making body between conferences.

last party congress in Sitges and found that a significant part of the delegates would choose to answer “yes” to both questions 9-N. Something that strikes the speech of the leader of Unio, Josep Antoni Duran Lleida . Facing him were voices raised in favor ‘yes-yes’ as the leader and secretary of Universities, Antoni Castellà , and some local groups.

NEGOTIATIONS / Since last Thursday meeting between General Secretary, Ramon Espadaler , and Castellà, to which the president of the Parliament added, Joan Rigol . The appointments took place even in the home of Rigol, but no agreement was reached to a meeting yesterday in extremis before the national council, with the inclusion of this final paragraph: “In addition, those visions Unio admits that at the time present understand independence as the only political solution. “

The internal balance of Unio were also reflected in the explanations of the agreement made by the secretary general of the party, which also corresponded take the lead on the council. Number two avoided to reporters announce whether Unio will add to any campaign for yes , and shook off the question by responding that they would share for people from voting, “which currently is already much. ” Although during the council meeting several groups announced they would campaign for the yes-yes .

Another surprise of the meeting was to support the independence of Rigol and president of Parlament, Núria de Gispert , according to sources present at the event.

AVOID SHOCK / Espadaler acknowledged there were some positive interventions to defend party position as a ‘yes’ to first question and “no” to the second (in line with the thesis Duran) and other advocates of the yes-yes , but ultimately for the agreed text adopted was chosen unanimously and thus prevented a vote enfrentase different options.

The agreement leaves open many doors for the future, and the possible involvement of Unio independence in a single list, it is shown that it is not possible 9-N and goes to a plebiscitary elections in the coming months.