• Economy: La Cambra consults businessmen about the impact of independence

The Chamber of Spain disavowes the Barcelona Chamber for " breaking constitutional principles " and not defending the interest of companies. The cameral institution issued a hard statement on Monday against the Chamber of Barcelona, ​​currently controlled by independence, because it is moving away from its work in defense of companies and warns that it will address its attitude «at the next meeting of the Executive Committee of the Chamber of Spain ».

Sources from the State's cameral institution indicate that Cambra cannot be expelled, being in the Executive Committee by designation of the Generalitat, but that measures will be studied in the face of Joan Canadell's attitude.

The independence president of Cambra launched an institutional statement last Friday in favor of the release of prisoners and also a kind of referendum among affiliated companies to rule on the consequences of secession and what "country response" to give the sentence of the process . In addition, the Cambra has ensured that it "respects" the general strike called by the independence movement for the next day 11, despite the economic damage caused to many of its affiliated companies.

In its official statement, the Chamber of Spain, chaired by the Catalan José Luis Bonet, emphasizes that «the Chambers of Commerce are institutions whose object, marked by law, is the defense of the general interest of commerce, industry, services and the navegation".

On that premise, «the Chamber of Commerce of Spain, the coordination and representation institution of the cameral system, rejects the content of the Declaration approved by the Plenary Session of the Barcelona Chamber because it is outside the aforementioned object and, not only does it not defend interest general of companies, but it breaks constitutional principles such as judicial independence and the unity of Spain ».

However, Bonet does not deny his impotence with the institution of Barcelona, ​​which is one of the most important and financially endowed of the organization with 20 million annual budget and is not under his authority. «The Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona is autonomous and its protection, as a public law corporation, corresponds to the Ministry of Economy and Business of the Generalitat of Catalonia». The president of the Generalitat, Quim Torra, has so far shown total support for Canadell.

Bonet is outraged, because in a cameral meeting last day 2, - and in the presence of Canadell, who is second vice president of the Chamber of Spain - said “the need to respect due institutional loyalty between the Chambers of Commerce and the principles constitutional elements included in the 1978 Constitution such as: democracy, national unity, parliamentary monarchy, rule of law, principle of legality, separation of powers and respect for judicial independence, social market economy - and within it the company as a key piece of the system-, state of well-being and state of autonomy ». Canadell did not reply and fell silent on his plan the following day to push a statement against the Spanish judiciary.

Consequently, " the Chamber of Spain considers it unfortunate that this Declaration has been produced by the Plenary Session of the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona , as well as the consultation procedure raised this Friday, October 4, by its president is not appropriate", concludes the text.

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