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SpainPuigdemont’s party quit the Catalan coalition government
Activists of the Together for Catalonia party voted 55.73% to leave the regional executive. Friday’s results are still preliminary.
It was a personal victory for Carles Puigdemont, who was exiled in Belgium, and has always preserved a great deal of influence in the formation, even without a leader.
AFP
Party workers Former President Catalan Carles Puigdemont has decided to quit the pro-independence coalition government that leads the region, which tried to break away from Spain five years ago. After two days of voting, activists from Together for Catalonia (Junds) voted 55.73% to leave the regional administration led by the other major separatist organization, the ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia). According to provisional results released on Friday, 42.39% voted against staying in this government.
The two parties led the secession of Catalonia, a wealthy region in Spain’s northeast, in 2017, the country’s worst political crisis since the end of Franco’s dictatorship. Five years later, the ERC and the Junts, which have ruled Catalonia together since 2016, are more divided than ever over the strategy to pursue.
No pre-survey
Backed by the central government of socialist Pedro Sánchez, the ERC favors dialogue with Madrid, while its rival party is more radical. Jundt’s decision to leave the Catalan government is unlikely to bring about his downfall, at least in the short term. Regional president Pere Aragonés (ERC) has vowed not to call early elections, preferring to rule the region as a minority.
Tensions between the ERC and the Junts reached a point of no return last week. Carles Puigdemont’s party threatened to have the local parliament vote on a no-confidence motion against Pere Aragones, accused of not showing a clear commitment to independence. Enraged by this lack of loyalty, he fired his vice president, Jordi Buignero, Juntz’s most senior representative in his administration.
Tensions over the previous government’s decision
The long-standing tensions between these two parties had already led to the end of the previous regional government led by Jundz, and early elections were held in February 2021, after which they formed a new coalition.
The Junds activists’ vote in favor of leaving the Catalan government was a personal victory for Carles Puigdemont. escape In 2017 the case was brought out of the Spanish courts.
(AFP)
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