Elected mayor of Barcelona dismisses join … – El Universal (Venezuela)

Barcelona, ​​España.- The Mayor of Barcelona foreseeable future, the activist Ada Colau antidesahucios ruled on Wednesday to join the pact signed by the two main parties sovereignists Catalonia Convergence and Union (CiU) and Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), to declare in the near future the independence of the region in the northeast of Spain.

“We will not sign leaves improper route, “he said in a television interview Colau, leader of the leftist platform Comú Barcelona (Barcelona Common), which is composed, among others, by members of the Podemos party, considered” brother “of the Greek Syriza

, DPA said.

His candidacy was the surprise in the municipal elections held on May 24 in Spain to obtain the most votes in the capital of Catalonia and far outstripping the mayor of the second largest city in Spain, the nationalist Xavier Trias.

However, Barcelona in Comú stayed away from the absolute majority with 11 councilors of the 41 that make up the council, so you will need pacts or at least specific support to govern with some stability.

Colau ruled a priori possible pacts with the conservative Popular Party (PP) Mariano Rajoy and the centrist Citizens, and put into focus on the independence of ERC left, members of the Catalan President Artur Mas in the regional parliament, and the Spanish Socialist Workers Party ( PSOE) and Popular Unity Candidates ( CUP).

But ERC supeditó a possible agreement with Colau his support for the road route of independence signed with the party of Mas, CiU, which passes through the holding of early elections in the region on 27 September, which aim to become a plebiscite on secession.

The candidate of Barcelona in Comú not declared independence but defends the right to decide Catalans. Last November voted to Catalonia as an independent state in the unofficial consultation in the region, with the participation of over two million Catalans, of which 80% said “yes” to secession.

In a context of economic crisis in Spain, the independence pulled muscle in Catalonia in recent years with large demonstrations for an official referendum on the political and territorial future of the region, whose economy is one of the most strongest in the country.

Artur Mas announced in January an electoral advance and the sovereignist parties signed a roadmap to declare independence in the region within 18 months if they earn at the polls “Yes” to secession.