Aragonès will stand up to the ANC in the already traditional pro-sovereignty demonstration, but will attend the Òmnium Cultural event
The ANC trust that the pulse with CKD mobilize the most unilateralist pro-independence wing to match last year’s figures (400,000 people according to the organizers, 108,000 according to the Barcelona Urban Guard). The entity arrives at the demonstration called for this Sunday at 5:14 p.m. on Paral lel avenue in the Catalan capital with the hope that the political (and media) clash will shake the streets after the convulsive autumn of 2017 and the impact of the covid-19 pandemic.
The ‘president’ of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, will not attend the protest because he alleges that it is called against the independence parties and Catalan institutions, and not against the State. His plan is definitive, the situation has not been redirected despite discreet meetings between the ANC and ERC throughout the week. The tone of the conflict will be measured in the speech of the president of the Assembly, Dolors Feliu, who debuts as a leader in this Diada, although sources from the entity affirm that he will try to avoid the confrontation to give a “positive” message. It will be heard live by all the ‘consellers’ of Junts, but none of ERC.
Aragonès’ misgivings about the ANC differ from the ‘president”s confidence in Òmnium Cultural. At 12 noon, the president of the entity Xavier Antich he will give a speech to rebuild the unity that will be attended by Borràs and the general secretary of Junts, Jordi Turull; while Oriol Junqueras and Marta Vilalta will attend on behalf of the ERC, and Dolors Sabater and Carles Riera on behalf of the CUP. It will be the only act that manages to bring together the main swords of independence throughout the day, in favor of the great ‘consensus’: the amnesty and the referendum.
the two fronts
Relations between the three pro-independence formations represented in the Parliament They are not at their best either. Neither the Government, nor in the Catalan Chamber. The strategic division towards disconnection is absolute, with the dialogue table as the only proposal on track.
together expects to draw conclusions general policy debate which will be held from September 27 and trusts that Aragonès redirects three conflicting issues: that it accept the post-convergence alignment proposal at the dialogue table, that it endorse unity in the Congress of Deputies and that promotes a new coordination entity to pilot the ‘procés’. ERC maintains what has been said: that the dialogue is between governments, that the unit must represent the 13 ERCs and the 4 Junts, and that the sovereign leadership is in the hands of the ‘president’. So Aragonès intends to launch a broad commitment to self-determination, without being certain that it will serve to avoid a rupture.
The cup He is already in the opposition chip from the pro-independence flank. Gone is that support for Aragonès for his investiture -prior to that of Junts- and that budget negotiation, with the intention of reaching an agreement, which ended with a veto that remains intact for the accounts of this coming year. His objective is none other than to put an end to the dialogue table and increase the pressure so that institutional normality is broken.
In the background, the interim in Parliament, with Laura Borras clinging to a position that she cannot hold due to being suspended, to which the PSC She seeks to remedy using the regulation and with the hope that those who anointed her will now reverse the decision. This September will be key to see how the talks progress, what is clear is that Junts chooses to leave the chair empty and that the functions are assumed by Alba Vergés (ERC) as first vice president.