The Popular Party’s explanations for the meeting of Junts and members of this party in Barcelona revealed by La Vanguardia are contradictory. While Daniel Sirera, leader of the PP in the Barcelona City Council and Feijóo’s most trusted man in Catalonia, admits that the meeting did take place at the request of the Catalan independentists, the PP spokesperson in Congress, Miguel Tellado, has denied “any type of contact of this type.” However, Tellado admitted that “It is evident that all parties have contacts with other parties in Congress and spokespersons can talk about any issue.”
In any case, Tellado maintained that “in no case would his party be willing to agree on the investiture of Alberto Núñez Feijóo “in exchange for an amnesty” or to agree “with the heirs of a terrorist group with the Government of Spain.”
For his part, Sirera, in an interview with RAC1, acknowledged that the meeting did take place after which he concluded that “it was impossible to start any negotiations with Junts.” “They did not ask for the expansion of the airport, nor improvements in Rodalies, nor better financing. Just amnesty, referendum and these things. “It was unviable.”
In any case, consulted sources from the Catalan PP find it strange that Sirera would accept an appointment like this without the approval of the national executive. “Feijóo had no idea,” reiterated, however, the councilor in Barcelona, ??who has assured that he informed the president of his party once the meeting took place, that it was not held at his request, and he saw that what Junts, the amnesty and the referendum were asking for, it was “unviable”.
