The prison sentences requested by the Superior Prosecutor of Catalonia against the ERC leaders Josep Maria Jove and Lluis Salvado and a fine and disqualification for the ‘councilor’ of Culture, Natalia Garrigafor the organization of the 1-O It has fallen like a jug of cold water in the independence movement. “wretchedbad people and, above all, a lot of cowardice”, Jové himself wrote via Twitter after learning of the punishment requested by the public prosecutor. The independence movement has come out in a rush to charge against what he defines as a “general cause” against the movement.
Miserable, evil people i… (sobretot) MOLTA COVARDIA!
Semper de cara davant repressed her! Because he who is going to be, fem i farem, ho is going to be per principis democràtics i de llibertat.#JudiciAlReferendum#AndJusticeForAll✊?https://t.co/vI9W0rkqgu
— Josep M. Jové Lladó (@jmjovellado) February 17, 2023
If the week began with the Supreme Court ruling confirming the disqualification of the main political leaders from the referendum, such as oriol junqueras and Jordi Turull, the judicial record now grows with this episode that is limited to the case that is in the hands of the investigating court number 13, for which there is still no date for an oral trial before the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia. The ‘president’ of the Generalitat, Pere Aragoneshas crossed out “revenge” the sentence that the Prosecutor’s Office is asking for and has promised to work to achieve the acquittal of the leaders. Once again, he has warned that the “democratic evolution” has not yet reached the Spanish judiciary.
Although the strategic division continues to prevail in the relations between ERC, Junts and the CUP, the intervention of the Prosecutor’s Office has activated solidarity between them in the judicial field. The general secretary of Juntas, Jordi Turullhas shown his support for what he considers a “ruthlessness” which attributes to the will of the State “criminalize” the 2017 referendum. The CUP has also lamented the “revenge” mechanism that it considers to be operating.
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In addition to putting three key figures of the Republicans in check, the Prosecutor’s request also points to the Government of Pere Aragonès, since, in the case of Garriga, although there is no request for jail, it would mean, in case of conviction , the first drop in the Executiu due to a judicial sentence for the ‘procés’.
It is precisely the joint response of the independence movement and the impact that this cause can have on ERC in Parliament and in the Government that is worrying the ranks of the PSC. The spokesperson for the Socialists in Parliament, Alicia Romerohas expressed his “I respect” by judicial procedures and decisions and has asked ERC that the situation does not have any “political impact” in the pact for the budgets. “We have to separate things“, he has claimed. In fact, he has defended the commitment to dialogue and the reform of the Penal Code of the Government of Pedro Sanchez and has remarked that the cause that affects Jové and Salvador responds to the “lack of political response” from the PP when it was in Moncloa.