Among the dozen investigated between the National Court and the Supreme Court for terrorism within the framework of the Tsunami Democràtic platform is the member of the board of directors of Òmnium Cultural Oleguer Serra. The activist has announced from Perpignan, in the south of France, that six months ago he took up residence in Switzerland. His name is thus added to that of the general secretary of ERC, Marta Rovira, in Geneva since March 2018, and that of the Republican deputy Ruben Wagesnberg, who left Spain at the beginning of 2024.
Serra will continue with his activity in Òmnium and will be in charge of directing the international strategy that the president of the entity, Xavier Antich, has stated will begin shortly and with which he intends to “intensify the international offensive against the systematic persecution suffered by the independence movement for part of the National Court, the Supreme Court and the Civil Guard”.
Serra’s departure is known when the Amnesty law is in the Senate and when its final approval in Congress is expected in a few weeks. Olivier Peter, one of Òmnium’s lawyers, has assured that the rule fully protects his client. “But we do not trust the Spanish courts,” he remarked.
Serra was general director of Òmnium between 2012 and 2018, and is currently part of its board of directors. The activist has assured that he has been “persecuted by his ideas” and “for being a Catalan independence supporter” for six months. “Let us conspire to attack the State and denounce political persecution,” he stated, while at the same time ensuring that the accusation of terrorism against him is, de facto, an accusation against the association.
“I am not here to defend myself against anything, because the State must be accused,” he added, paraphrasing the former president of Òmnium Jordi Cuixart. For Serra, the investigations by the National Court and the Supreme Court are part of “a general case” against the independence movement. “The repressive machinery of the State is capable of anything,” he stressed while describing as “unusual and implausible” the terrorism investigations involving a dozen people, including Carles Puigdemont.
