The mayor of Barcelona, ??Jaume Collboni, has lamented the lack of respect shown by the people who, with their shouts of “Puigdemont to prison”, have interrupted the minute of silence organized by the Barcelona City Council as a show of respect and solidarity with the victims and their families. of the Moroccan earthquake. A tragedy that has had a special impact on the large Moroccan community residing in the city.
The event was scheduled for 12 noon at the doors of the town hall, in the Plaza de Sant Jaume, but a very specific group of people, wearing Spanish nationalist symbols, has decided to steal the spotlight from the Moroccan victims and make evident their opposition to some hypothetical pardons for the Catalan independence leaders. Carrying flags of Spain and the Civil Guard, and calling themselves “good Spaniards”, they launched proclamations against the former president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, while the rest of those present remained silent.
“We respect freedom of opinion, but it is unacceptable that at such a dramatic moment this act was not respected,” the mayor lamented.
The victims of the earthquake of intensity 7 registered on Friday night in Marrakech now amount to 2,012, as reported by the Government of the African country. There are also more than 2,000 injured, many of them in serious condition, and villages that have been completely buried and that the rescue teams have not yet been able to access, so it is not ruled out that the number of deaths will increase in the next few hours. .
Collboni met yesterday with the vice-consul of Morocco in Barcelona, ??Omar Ait Ouahmane, to convey “all the support” of the City Council to his country and to the Moroccan community of the city “in these very difficult times,” he said.
