Message addressed to CladEs yard inspectors
Dear colleagues:
I am writing these lines to share with you my growing concern about the continuity of our jobs, due to the danger posed by events like those of last week. When, two years ago now, Pablo Casado said that in Catalonia the teachers had received instructions not to let children who spoke Spanish go to the bathroom, all my fears were awakened. I confess that I was the author of that report, but when I heard it from Casado I realized that it was not believable enough. Luckily, the then-leader of the Popular Party had his hours running out, so his revelations fell on deaf ears and could be quickly defused.
Now, however, it has been a former vice-president of the government, the socialist Alfonso Guerra, who has once again gone above and beyond by explaining to all of Spain our work as playground inspectors. And this time it has been more dangerous because it has revealed the official name of our workplace. Luckily for us, the statements he made the next day about visits to Sumar leader Yolanda Díaz’s hair salon helped to question his sanity, and one thing covered up the other. But, in my opinion, they are already too careless that, added together, they can end up uncovering our bicoca.
It is true that the fact that Catalanophobia is transversal within Spanish politics, and that now state secrets are being leaked to a member of the PP and now to a member of the PSOE, helps to maintain our work. Neither of the two major Spanish parties will want to oppose a group as numerous as ours.
But it is not easy to have the public permanently deceived, who may suspect our real existence. If this were to happen, it would become clear that our reports are false, because people know perfectly well that Spanish is the dominant language in the playgrounds of Catalan schools, that no one persecutes Spanish, that linguistic immersion does not endanger learning of the language of Cervantes and that no child suffers from the bladder for speaking in any language. If our reports for CladEs are biased, it is precisely to please those who pay us the salary and maintain this sinecure.
I propose, therefore, to make a letter signed by all of us expressing this concern to the head of the CladEs, so that he gives a touch of attention to the political class and these episodes do not occur again. It cannot be tolerated that our children’s bread is put in danger.
Yours faithfully,
I.P.E.
Member of the Corps of State Sewer Yard Inspectors (CladEs)
