The Minister of the Presidency, Laura Vilagrà, who has welcomed any improvement in powers for Catalonia in relation to the agreement between Junts and the PSOE on the delegation of powers in immigration to the Generalitat, has highlighted, however, that the pact is ” very diffuse” since in no case can it be a comprehensive transfer, as the powers are exclusive to the State, and it is not even agreed which powers are going to be delegated.
The number two of the Government has also warned Junts of the danger posed, in her opinion, by linking immigration with crime and multiple recidivism after yesterday the general secretary of the post-convergent formation, Jordi Turull, said yesterday that whether immigrants should be expelled or not repeat offenders “it must be decided from Catalonia” to value the agreement.
Vilagrà, in an interview in El Món with RAC1, confirmed that last night he spoke with the Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, for just over 20 minutes after having asked him for clarifications about said agreement in the morning, and explained that of the The conversation made it clear that the delegation will take place with an organic law that will establish what powers will be delegated and that for now “there is nothing agreed upon.”
The councilor has pointed out that the agreement talks about “promoting a law” and has indicated that this entails “a very long procedure” to add that “everything is very diffuse” and that “it is necessary to tie up the fine print” which in the end ” will be what is relevant.” “We are in the negotiation room with the PSOE and we know very well when the PSOE uses an imprecise verb, like boost, how this will end,” she pointed out.
After ensuring that the Generalitat wants all the powers “because it wants to be a State”, Vilagrà has claimed above all the resources for the powers that the Catalan administration already has, such as reception, given that “we already have difficulties in exercising them”, and has alerted to the risk involved in assuming resources without assigned resources.
The head of the Presidency has also criticized the way in which the agreement was produced. “There was a vaudeville in which not even the affected ministers knew what had been agreed.” “Such a relevant and serious issue must be treated in the appropriate framework calmly and well done and cannot become a flea market,” said Vilagrà, who has also minimized the six million obtained by Junts for the transformation of justice. Regarding this point, the councilor has confirmed that this money is added to the 40 million agreed by ERC with the PSOE.
On the other hand, the councilor has used diplomacy to not refer directly to Junts, as the president of her party, Oriol Junqueras, did yesterday to warn that “it is very dangerous to link multiple recidivism with immigration because in multiple recidivism there are all colors “, which is why it has opted to address this issue with a change in legislation. In this sense, she explained that the Generalitat has already requested this from the central government.
