The president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, has notified the acting president of the Government and general secretary of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, that The resolution of the Catalan political conflict “can only happen through a referendum” once “the amnesty is confirmed”. Along these lines, Aragonès has assessed that Sánchez’s “positioning”, in favor of the amnesty It is “essential and necessary” to “move forward in the resolution of the Catalan conflict”, but has indicated that “there are pending issues” to be resolved, such as the transfer of the management of Rodalies to the Generalitat and a solution to the fiscal deficit.
Aragonès spoke in these terms this Saturday, in statements to the media, before the celebration of October Night in Valencia and after this morning Sánchez assured that “Catalonia is ready for a total reunion”, and defended the approval of an amnesty law as the “only way” for there to be a PSOE Government.
“The amnesty was an essential and necessary step, and it is today, to advance in the resolution of the political conflict,” Aragonès stressed, while urging, “once the amnesty is confirmed,” to “continue working for a solution to the conflict” which, in his opinion “can only go through the referendum”.
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Aragonès has objected that “it is also evident that other very important questions remain pending in relation to the investiture, such as the Necessary transfer of Rodalies and the end of the fiscal deficit.” In this sense, he highlighted that “there are days ahead” and has insisted on the “step forward” that “confirms what we have been seeing in recent weeks: that amnesty is essential to move forward“.
Asked about the need to have the favorable votes of Junts per Catalunya for the investiture of Pedro Sánchez and whether he had held conversations with the members of the formation, he refused to “speak through the mouths of others.” “Every party speaks for each party,” he has maintained, and has asserted that he expresses his “position as president of the Generalitat.” “In any case, the deputies of Esquerra Republicana will defend well-being, prosperity and will defend the best opportunities for all citizens,” he continued.