ERC has threatened this Monday with expel to his three councilors of the town of Ribera d’Ondara (Lleida) for having maintained contacts with the ultra party Catalan Alliance to negotiate a motion of censure against the current mayor of the municipality. Aliança Catalana is the formation of Silvia Orriolsthe mayor of Ripoll.
The match of Oriol Junqueras has issued a statement this Monday in which it explains that the formation opposes any pact with the extreme right Therefore, if any of its municipal representatives reach an eventual agreement of these characteristics, it will launch “the internal mechanisms to debug responsibilities“.
According to the party’s statutes, the three councilors would be committing a “very serious fault” that “could lead to the expulsion of those who had a militancy relationship” with the formation. In Ribera d’Ondara the list linked to the PSC won with three councilors, followed by the list linked to ERC with also three councilors. In third place was Aliança Catalana with only one councillor.
Adding the councilors of ERC and those of Aliança there would be enough room to evict the current mayor, but from the Republican headquarters they want to make it clear that They will never tolerate such a pact. “Esquerra Republicana will not be part of any pact that includes the participation of any formation that supports approaches xenophobic and racist“says the statement.
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In the party they do not clarify if they know that they have existed these contactsbut the objective is to stop any rumor that links them with the Orriols party. “We will be inflexible. If it happens, we will act forcefully,” warns an authoritative voice from management.
A delicate moment
A pact of these characteristics would always be a matter of concern for ERC, but, in addition, now is a particularly delicate moment. Republicans have been criticizing his immigration discourse for weeks. Together. They discredit Puigdemont’s party for having ideas that support “hate and extreme right-wing speeches”, that is, party speeches as Aliança Catalana. With this context it would be difficult to understand that his councilors in Ribera d’Ondara agreed to an agreement with the Orriols party.