In the midst of a political storm due to the espionage of Pegasus, Oriol Junqueras wanted to send a message that aims to rebuild bridges between the ERC and the Government but without ceasing to demand essential conditions after the ‘Catalangate’. “We are here to help if responsibilities are assumed and it does not happen again & rdquor ;, underlines, offering a glove to Pedro Sánchez to exhaust the legislature.
“We will agree with the Government if it rows in this same direction. And a relevant part also involves guaranteeing citizens that they will not be spied on, that it will not happen again.
In an interview in ‘El País’, The Republican leader marks his red lines -among them, greater transparency and “guarantees” from the central Executive that espionage “will not be repeated”- that could mean escape routes from this crisis for Moncloa. Although it is not a blank check, and the ERC president asks for heads, the assumption of responsibilities, despite the fact that he avoids pointing to Minister Margarita Robles. “It would be of little use if I proposed a name & rdquor ;, she emphasizes.
The president of Esquerra hopes that the meeting that Pedro Sánchez proposed to Pere Aragones serve for “ensure transparency”, to establish an “assumption of responsibility” and ensure that there will be no more cases of espionage. Junqueras avoids saying who has to resign, but he does believe that “someone has to take responsibility” in an espionage scandal that may also have as victims the president of the Spanish government, the defense minister, Margaret Oaks, and the former Minister of Foreign AffairsArancha González Laya.
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On the other hand, Junqueras stresses that the Secrets Commission will not be enough for the State to give the explanations that ERC deems appropriate. “Confidence is not restored through mechanisms that do not allow explanations to be given to public opinion. They will have to be given in a broader context,” she stressed.
Finally, Junqueras has responded to the criticism from Junts per Catalunya and the CUP for the ERC’s support for the Sánchez government: “We are not here to overthrow governments or to support the state government. If the Government makes decisions favorable to citizens, we will agree“. One of these favorable decisions, he stressed, “It’s knowing they’re not spying on you.”