Former president Carles Puigdemont revealed early this Monday that his mother, Núria Casamajó i Ruiz, died during the early hours of the morning, accompanied by all her siblings and one of her daughters.
The now Junts candidate in the Parliament elections on May 12 has suspended his agenda until next Wednesday and the rally that was scheduled for today afternoon with Maresme militants will be led by the party’s general secretary, Jordi Turull. The agenda planned for tomorrow in Argelers, with a press conference organized by the Efe agency and a rally in the afternoon with supporters of Terres de l’Ebre, has been suspended and the next public event will be on Wednesday morning.
The former Catalan president has also lost his father, Xavier Puigdemont Oliveras, in the last six and a half years, in which he has been outside Catalonia, expatriated in Belgium and the south of France. As Puigdemont himself has revealed, his mother has not lacked support and has thanked “the excellent human and professional treatment of the health staff” at the Doctor Josep Trueta hospital. “She left too soon, however my daughter’s hand was also mine and in some way I was present. She had a full life and left without suffering, may she rest in peace,” added the former president in the message you have shared.
This Sunday, in an interview with this medium, Puigdemont pointed out that one of the first things he would do when he returned to Catalonia was to go to his father’s grave, to bring him flowers. He died in November 2019 and the independence leader said goodbye to him via Skype. He has once explained that he followed the ceremony by videoconference. In this case he will do the same.
While also expatriated, former Minister Lluís Puig has lost his father and mother, just like Puigdemont, and former Minister Toni Comín his mother. “Family and friends have died and not being able to accompany them at the funeral affects a lot,” Puig revealed in this regard in a recent interview with this newspaper. “All the support in grieving and the feelings of these moments, which remind us that we are not yet free. May he rest in peace,” Puig, who is also on the JxCat list for Barcelona in a prominent position, dedicated to the former president. Catalan.
Various Junts leaders and even members of other parties, such as President Pere Aragonès, have dedicated a few words to the former president. “All my condolences and support to President Puigdemont and the entire family. In these difficult moments, once again, repression and exile show one of the cruelest faces. All support,” wrote the Catalan president, now a candidate for Esquerra. Other members of the republican formation, such as Marta Rovira or Carme Forcadell, have also had words for the former president.
The leader and candidate of the Catalan PP, Alejandro Fernández, also wanted to offer his condolences to Puigdemont and was the earliest riser in that regard. “He receives my condolences. May he rest in peace,” the popular man responded. The candidate of the Commons, Jéssica Albiach, has also sent him a message of support and the leader of Ciudadanos, Carlos Carrizosa, has later done the same.
The PSC has also sent a message to the former Catalan president and the first secretary of the party, Salvador Illa, has called the Junts campaign director, Albert Batet, close to Puigdemont, to give him his personal condolences.
