Parliament has called the plenary session of Illa for the inauguration on Thursday at 10:00. However, faced with a possible arrest of the Junts leader, the president of the chamber has stated that it would be ideal to “postpone” it.
The President of the Catalan Parliament, Josep Rull, has warned about this when they stop to former President Carles Puigdemont, who has begun his return to Catalonia, can not “Accept that the full develops normally”, and therefore, according to him, it would be an ideal and appropriate approach turn it off.
In an interview in Vilaweb, Rull indicated that he will do “as much as he can” to prevent any deputy from being arrested in the exercise of his duties, since the parliament chamber is literally democratically sacred and no right can be restricted in terms of deprivation of liberty of any deputy, he said.
To this end, he explained that there are ‘solid’ legal arguments, such as the Statute of Catalonia and two approved and current protocols.
When asked why this would happen if the police entered Parliament, he explained: ‘If that were the case, I would try to place President Puigdemont in the safest place within Parliament, which is it would be my office. It is very clear to me”.
Rull explained that a postponement of the plenary session would depend on him, although he “would have to be able to consolidate the decision, agree on it, agree on it with the table” and that there are precedents of plenary sessions that have been postponed due to an absolutely exceptional situation, such as in January 2018, with the inauguration of Puigdemont, he said.
The plenary session, convened at 10.00 a.m.
The Permanent Deputation of parliament called for this on Thursday 10:00.the plenary session of the socialist Salvador Illa, who secured the votes of the ERC and Comuns to be elected president.
The proposal to convene a plenary session by the Chamber’s President, Josep Rull, was successful. 19 votes in favor —PSC, Junts, ERC, Comuns and CUP— and three abstentions —PPC and Vox—.
Almost simultaneously with this decision, Carles Puigdemont, candidate for the presidency of the Junt and former president of the Generalitat, has announced that he has “undertaken the return journey from exile” to attend the plenary session of the investiture. At the same time, JxCat has already organized a welcome event in Barcelona before 9:00 amThe event, scheduled for Paseo Lluís Companys, near Parliament, will take place exactly one hour before the plenary session.
It is worth remembering that Puigdemont is still subject to an arrest warrant and that the Mossos d’Esquadra have been ordered to arrest him.
Source: EITB
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