Since the general elections of July 23, Esquerra and Junts have not agreed to join forces in the negotiation for the possible investiture of Pedro Sánchez. Until today. The two pro-independence parties have agreed this afternoon that they will reject the re-election of the PSOE leader as president of the government if he does not first commit to establishing a framework for a self-determination referendum.
“The Parliament is in favor of the Catalan political forces represented in the Spanish Cortes not supporting an investiture of a future Spanish Government that does not commit to working to make the conditions for holding the referendum effective,” reads the proposal. resolution that Republicans and post-convergents have agreed upon.
Both groups started from distant positions. So much so that the two former members of the Government of the Generalitat had registered this Wednesday in Parliament two proposed resolutions on amnesty and self-determination within the framework of the general policy debate. But the two groups, at a time when both parties are negotiating with the PSOE to approve an amnesty law in the Congress of Deputies, will arrive at the plenary session tomorrow, Friday, with a joint resolution, to which the CUP also joined. , relating to the amnesty and the other already mentioned referring to self-determination, from which the anti-capitalists have distanced themselves.
The initial text of the Republicans did not please JxCat due to the role given to the Executive of Pere Aragonès in relation to the amnesty and the negotiation, while the post-convergent document contained “nuances” about the beneficiaries of the measure that were not convincing. to those of Oriol Junqueras. Finally, a draft has been sought in which the three pro-independence parties are comfortable and in tomorrow’s vote the text will go ahead.
The basis of the text on the amnesty sealed by ERC, Junts and the CUP is the proposal that the three presented in Congress and that was inadmissible by the Table at the beginning of 2021. The law should include “all people retaliated for political reasons in this cause and in defense of rights and freedoms in the context of social and political conflict with the Spanish State.” Sources from ERC and the CUP maintain that this leaves out cases like that of Laura Borràs.
In JxCat, for their part, they consider that a “minimum agreement” has been reached and express their satisfaction with the fact that it is clear that the negotiations with the PSOE correspond to the Junts and ERC groups in Madrid and not to the Executive. Catalan. In the training, they also expressed their satisfaction for having led the agreement in this matter.
Although in this matter there is coordination and agreement, Junts foresees on the other hand that another resolution will be approved referring to the weakness of the Aragonès Executive in the Parliament and the “lack of trust” of the Chamber in the Government and in the president of the Generalitat , just like the socialists. Although there has not been any transaction on this point between PSC and JxCat, it is possible that both resolutions will be approved with the assistance of some other parliamentary group.
The initiative has not pleased ERC. Oriol Junqueras, president of the republican party, was dissatisfied with the position of the Catalan socialists. Not only because of the reprimand to Pere Aragonès, but also because of the decision of Salvador Illa’s people to vote against the amnesty in the Parliament of Catalonia. “The PSC will know whether or not its decisions contribute to creating this climate of trust,” said the leader of Esquerra, in a clear warning about the consequences that he may have in the negotiations to invest Sánchez.
