The Junts leader believes they would lead a coherent majority and have “potentially more options” than Illa’s PSC for an investiture in the second vote.
The leader of the Junts, Carles Puigdemont, has announced that he will run for investiture in the Parliament of Catalonia, and has said that his intention is to seek the support of the ERC, with whom he has already contacted to negotiate.
He announced this at a press conference at JxCat’s electoral headquarters in Argelès-sur-Mer, the day after the 12M elections, which the PSC won with 42 seats and in which JxCat came in second with 35, while the ERC was relegated to third position with 20 seats in the Catalan chamber.
Puigdemont has reiterated his intention to lead a A government ‘of sovereign cohesion’ with the support of the ERC and perhaps the CUPand explained that he has already made initial contacts with Republicans, although he acknowledged that he is far from “establishing a negotiating framework.”
Be that as it may, Puigdemont has defended that a government led by him would be viable in a second vote in parliament, as a government led by Illa would succeed. “necessarily” by the PP and would require an abstention from Vox.
“We must ask Illa whether the agreement not to accept votes from the far right through action or inaction is still valid,” said the Junts candidate, adding that a possible Illa government would lead Catalonia to a situation similar to that of Barcelona City. Council.
“We can add a coherent majority, larger than what the Socialist candidate can form,” Puigdemont concluded.
Regarding the possible abstention of the PSC in Parliament, Puigdemont has replied that this is a question that should be addressed to the Catalan Socialists or the PSOE, asking: “What provides more stability?“.
Yet Puigdemont has ruled out an agreement with the PSOE “for any form of direct or indirect alliance” that would allow his inauguration, although he has warned:If the PSC embraces the PP This would make the agreement we reached with the PSOE in Madrid meaningless. “I cannot imagine the PSC boycotting the agreement with the PSOE in Switzerland,” he said.
Source: EITB
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