Illa informs Rull that he has the majority to be invested as president of the Generalitat

The First Secretary of the PSC and candidate to preside over the Generalitat of Catalonia, Salvador Illaannounced this Saturday that he has informed the Speaker of Parliament, Josep Rull, that he has the necessary majority to be sworn in as the new President following the two agreements his party has reached with ERC and Comuns.

He announced this in a speech for the Executive Committee of the PSC at the party headquarters in Barcelona, ​​​​which has met in an extraordinary way after the ‘yes’ of the ERC’s militancy last Friday in internal consultation on the preliminary agreement with the Socialists, and after the ‘yes’ of the Comuns on Wednesday.

Illa has asked for the investment process to be in accordance with the law, but this is not the case “as quickly as possible” so that Catalonia will have a new government as soon as possible. “Good politics has won, which is an exercise of generosity and not of selfishness,” he declared after appearing “very satisfied, happy and hopeful.”

The Socialist presidential candidate has committed to “fully respecting” the agreement with the ERC and the Commons, formations with which the PSC has “differences” but with which it shares “values ​​of progress”.

Illa has defended that the Catalans deserve it “the best policy”of which the agreements made for his investiture are an example for him: “Good politics is responsibility, precision and public service,” he summarized.

However, he admitted that there may be “inconveniences” to be faced “non-intrusive difficulties” which complicate the implementation of the pacts.

For Illa, this tripartite alliance to allow a solo government of the socialists creates “a collective horizon of hope”, which escapes the “blockade” and “offers opportunities for the eight million Catalans”.

Some agreements that “must allow Catalonia to continue demonstrating its excellence”: “It is time to work and govern,” he concluded.

In this regard, sources from the Parliament Presidency reported this in the coming hours Rull will contact the factions to conclude the mandatory contact round, with the intention that it will take place in person and will start next Monday, August 5.

The first meeting would be with Illa herself, followed by meetings with representatives of ERC and the commons.

Investment agreements

The PSC and the ‘commons’ signed the agreement for the investiture of socialist candidate Salvador Illa as President of the Generalitat. The agreement was signed at 5:00 pm in the San Ildefonso Library, in Cornellá del Llobregat (Barcelona), and was signed by the First Secretary of the PSC Salvador Illa and the President of Comuns in the Catalan Parliament, Jéssica Albiach.

The Just They approved their agreement with the PSC on Wednesday (with the support of 98.4% of National Council members who participated in the vote), while the ERC approved theirs on Friday.

In addition, the ANC and the CDR They have announced through their social networks that they will demonstrate in front of parliament this Monday against the investiture of Illa.

Puigdemont assumes he will be arrested

Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said on Saturday he would be arrested if he returns to Spain, as he has promised. when an investiture debate takes place in parliament: “If they get their way, I imagine what awaits me and what I will have to do,” he said.

In a three-page letter published on the social network

“I know that my return may result in arrest and imprisonmentwho knows for how long,” says Puigdemont, who assures that he will not allow himself to be used as a “bargaining object”, nor that his eventual imprisonment will serve to “pay for any political decision that implies giving up the fight” for Catalonia’s independence.

Together

For its part, the executive power of the Junts per Catalunya, which met in an extraordinary capacity on Saturday, endorsed Puigdemont’s words and assured that “it will act accordingly”.

“We regret that ERC has chosen the worst possible alternatives, because: ‘Illa represents the most Spanish-oriented PSC in history’has led to the formation of former President Carles Puigdemont. “We will raise our voices to move forward towards independence,” he warned.

CUP

For her part, CUP deputy Laia Estrada stated at a press conference that Illa’s inauguration “leaves Catalonia in the hands of a party that defends the most predatory tourism model, housing speculation, that denies climate change, and is complicit in the dismantling of public services and is linked to cases of corruption. “This agreement certifies the death of processes‘ he complained.

Illa’s inauguration could be in the air

Illa’s inauguration could be in the air because one of the twenty ERC delegates, Mar Besses (from Jovent Republicà, a youth organization), cover vote nowhich would mean the socialist candidate would miss the majority he needs.

For ERC, Jovent Republicà is “the leading political organisation in the youth field”, but the protocol of relations between both entities does not stipulate that the representative of these young people in the Catalan Chamber – in the current legislature, Mar Besses – must vote in the same way as the rest of the parliamentary group.

However, the Jovent Republicà must act “according to the general political line and the electoral dynamics of Esquerra Republicana.” The decision The vote on the Besses will be carried out by a national council of Jovent Republicà, which will meet in an extraordinary manner the monday afternoon.