The Catalan independence movement has the “key to governability” in Spain and must use it “to open doors and take a leap forward.” In these terms, the ‘president’, Pere Aragonès, expressed himself today, who participated in an event celebrating the 25 years of the declaration of the collective rights of peoples, organized by the CIEMEN (Escarré International Center for Ethnic Minorities and National). The head of the Generalitat has assured that the Catalan conflict happens “inevitably” because citizens vote. “Those of us who want independence are willing to lose at the polls, but we want the polls to have the possibility of winning, because Catalonia will never give up its rights as a people.”
Two days before the Diada and with our eyes set on the investiture of Pedro Sanchez (Feijóo’s will come first, which does not have sufficient support), Aragonès has placed the amnesty as the “starting point.” But he has also made it clear that self-determination is a “substantive issue” and must be on the table in a “second phase” of negotiation with the Government. “This is the conflict to be resolved,” Aragonès said.