Catalan sovereignists threaten to declare independence if the state blocks their way – Telam

“We will all, we have no margin,” said the former MEP ICV-EUiA (Initiative for Catalonia Greens-Esquerra Unida i Alternativa), Raul Romeva, who will head the joint bid driven by the Catalan President, Artur Mas, and presented today in Barcelona for regional elections on September 27.

“This is serious and everyone has to understand that we are willing to do well and especially that we will,” said Romeva.

The candidate stressed that “it will not easy” but made clear that “if the Spanish State blocks the self-government, parliament, declare independence and we will implement the transition.”

The unit list, bears the name “Junts pel yes” (“Together for each other”), is made up of personalities from Catalan civil society as well as political assets.

The Catalan President, Artur Mas, and the leader of the independence Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), Oriol Junqueras, rank fourth and fifth, while the list closes the respected and successful former coach of FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich’s current, Josep ‘Pep’ Guardiola.

During the presentation, Romeva detailed “road map” towards independence, which aims to deploy the sovereigntist front if he wins an election that was presented as a plebiscite on the independence of Catalonia.

First, after an eventual electoral victory, the Catalan parliament “solemnly declare the independence process starts,” said the candidate.

 From that moment they will create the “legal tools” to the “off” and a constitution drawn up.

The government that emerges from the elections on September 27 will have “a specific, short mandate aims to achieve independence. Once” we have all done “, there will be constituent elections,” he added. “We are aware of the risks but also of the opportunity,” he said.

“The goal is to have instruments to deploy state structures without forgetting the immediate social needs that right now we have in our environment,” said Romeva.

“Nobody has to give up their ideology to form part of the unitary candidacy, because the key to its success is the existence of a diversity around the goal of achieving independence of Catalonia “concluded who will be the face of the cross sovereignism candidacy.

Previously, But he said the purpose of the singleton list is “write very important for the future and present of pages Catalunya” he said in his brief speech.

Meanwhile, Junqueras pointed out that Catalonia is “an exceptional moment, because we face an exceptional situation” and stressed that the candidate “has a lot of civic to ensure better social services”.

Following the agreement reached last week between Mas and Junqueras to establish a common list and signed major sovereignists organizations, the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, said that Catalonia “not independent” and that regional elections can not open the way for secession.

Despite the fall of the separatist sentiment in Catalonia in recent months, changed the balance of power between those who are for and against independence.

Polls more Recent indicate that a single list of the sovereigntist front could obtain an absolute majority in the elections of September 27, eve of the general elections scheduled for the end of the year in Spain.