The President of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, has appealed to the “responsibility” of all political parties after yesterday’s rejection of the Amnesty Law in the Congress of Deputies. However, he has avoided commenting on whether the legislature is in danger. “We do not want to look at the risks, but rather take advantage of the opportunities,” he said after a meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels, with Lehendakari Iñígo Urkullu.
“There must be reflection on the part of all political parties, the Amnesty Law is a necessary law and should not be put at risk,” Aragonès assured. The Catalan President has stressed that his party “has worked for a long time” so that this law can move forward. “We will have to work a few more days, it is important that all parties assume our responsibility, it is a historic opportunity to end the repression,” he added.
Aragonès’ statements came shortly after the Secretary General of Junts, Jordi Turull, put a little more pressure on the PSOE in an interview on RAC1 in which he lamented that if the PSOE “does not want there to be a comprehensive amnesty law “, for everyone, and of immediate application, is that he does not want to comply with the Brussels agreement.”
Aragonès has avoided commenting on whether, after yesterday’s vote in Congress, the legislature is in check. “We are committed to a process of dialogue and negotiation, there is a historic opportunity to achieve great progress, the amnesty is one of them, but also to be able to address the resolution of the sovereignty conflict between Catalonia and Spain,” he added.
The Catalan President met today with the Lehendakari, Íñigo Urkullu, in the European Parliament, shortly before both of them held a joint event in the European institution on the right of nations to decide.
Urkullu, for his part, has also avoided commenting on the future of the legislature, although he admits that there are “challenges” such as the approval of the budgets. However, asked about yesterday’s vote, Urkullu criticized that “Junts has been saying for weeks that the bill was good and has been changing its criteria.”
