The Government calls the sovereignist parties to find … – The País.com (Spain)

The Government calls the sovereignist parties to find … – The País.com (Spain)

President of the Generalitat, Artur Mas, the Palau de la Generalitat. / Andreu Dalmau (AP)

The Catalan government has called for a new meeting Thursday block pro consulting parties to attempt to self-determination, again, find a set plan to circumvent the suspension of the Constitutional Court. Sources of the summoned parties have explained Wednesday that positions remain distant because there are divergent opinions on how to ensure that the vote could be held with all legal guarantees.

According to sources, the meeting CiU , ERC, ICV and CUP held last Friday with the president of the Generalitat, Artur Mas, showed this distance although all eventually show an image of unity. At that meeting urged everyone to continue looking for ways to make the query despite the suspension of the high court. The parties met again on Monday with Vice President of the Generalitat, Joana Ortega.

In these meetings it has become clear that while everyone wants to do the query, there is an overview of how. In this sense, the Catalan president would address, as published today La Vanguardia , a formula incorporating voting to municipalities and the Catalan National Assemblea. The Government would have offered to give the highest possible legal cover, but this operation is extremely complicated by blocking the central government has promised to carry on any further movement of the consultation pro

Outrage in the promoters of the popular consultations

ÀNGELS PIÑOL

Members Coordinator who organized the non-binding referendums between 2009 and 2010 have been received with indignation the possibility that Artur Mas arises not make a legal ballot, half horse between them and prompted an official. “We will not accept a substitute for consultation. For we do not need politicians. Already we have done,” said Anna Arqué, who acted as spokesman at the time of the 500 municipalities that participated in the vote. Arqué, now spokesman for the International Committee for European Citizens, said that the current situation is radically different because now the most social time has resulted in a political majority has given a mandate to Parliament. “This situation is surreal. We are in a loop. Want a consultation with the label official. And it takes, is useless. What was then adopted a Declaration of Sovereignty?” Insisted Arqué warning citizens They are doing a pulse to the State and that the Catalan government has to make a decision. “Or to serve the State or citizens”

The strategy Mas not everyone loves. “ERC does not see it too clearly, while Initiative is not added to a query without all the legal guarantees” explain sources of the sovereignist parties.

Supporters of this formula consider that reached this point, the polls should take to the streets to vent what they consider a “popular clamor” in Catalonia. In the most skeptical believe that this change would be a strategy that only seek to “save Artur Mas” to the sovereigntist voters. They add that it can not make a “watered down” query because this was done in 2009, when private entities organized ratings in many municipalities. What almost everyone takes for certain is that this whole process will end early elections in Catalonia.

Meanwhile, the official discourse of Democratic Convergence remains to be consultation and that the vote be held as fixed consultation in the law suspended by the Constitutional Court. The coordinator of CDC, Josep Rull, said Wednesday it will not give the query because there is a popular mandate and political consensus to do it. Yes, remarked that the vote has to be well made to go vote supporters and the opponents of independence. Rull has ruled that there is “a plan B on plan A” and inadvertently enter value “speculation” has ratified to hold consultation on 9 November according to standard provisionally suspended by the Constitutional Court.

Rull also highlighted what should happen “something big” that could not put the polls on November 9, for example, that the State stay “degrees of autonomy of Catalonia” or “curb” the ability to act in the municipalities.