In an interview with El Periódico, the secretary general of Esquerra Republicana stated that once the amnesty is “finished”, she believes it will be time to “address the second phase: that of self-determination.”
The general secretary of ERC, Marta Roviraconfirms that his party has already started talking to the PSOE about calling a self-determination referendum in Catalonia and expects that “whatever happens in Catalonia, we will continue negotiations with the government to make this possible.”
In an interview published this Sunday The newspapero, Rovira emphasizes: “The investiture agreement says very clearly that we are opening the second phase of negotiations on the conflict. We have the amnesty and in this second phase it is very clear: self-determination. We are talking about the referendum. “We are already talking about the referendum (with the PSOE) in this second phase and we will not stop talking about the referendum.”
The Republican leader explains that her party “negotiates with the PSOE every week, with the participation of international mediators.” “We have been negotiating every week for almost four years and have never stopped, not even during elections. What has been suspended is the table between governments,” he explains.
In the current negotiation scenario, “ERC talks about a referendum and talks to the PSOE, the one with whom the investiture agreement was concluded.”
Rovira defends the secrecy of these conversations with the following argument: “If we are not discreet, we put too much pressure on the negotiations and it becomes too much of a tactical issue and ultimately produces no results. And we look for results.”
Rovira, who this weekend celebrates six years of residence in Switzerland after the 2017 trial, also reports that he will not appear on the ERC election list for the 12 million Catalan elections and that he will only return to Catalonia if the case of terrorism accused . “A crime I did not commit and will never commit. I hope this case will be closed with the amnesty bill,” the Republican leader added.
Source: EITB
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