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Ada Colau and prominent members of the space of ONU We have supported this Wednesday an act in favor of Catalan politicians in prison, within the events organized in Barcelona on the occasion of the Diada by the secessionist association Òmnium Cultural, in which in addition to loar politicians judged by the Supreme Court have denied that Spain is a "democratic state" for "criminalizing political dissent" and having "political prisoners." The State has also been challenged if "the sentence is not absolutory."

The senior staff of Catalan independence movement has turned this event to denounce an alleged lack of freedom in Spain ("politics", "expression" and "rights") in one of its central events of the Diada, which hopes to culminate in the afternoon With the manifestation. Seated in the front row, the President of the Generalitat, Quim Torra; the vice president, Pere Aragonès; several councilors of the Government and a high and large representation of ERC and Junts per Catalunya. As well as representatives of associations for secession.

The participation of the space of Unidos Podemos in this act together with the independentistas, which was called 'Pels drets i les llibertats, absolució' (For rights and freedoms, absolution), comes at a critical moment in the negotiations with the PSOE for the formation of a Government in Spain. Closer to an electoral repetition than to reach an agreement, after the new failure of yesterday's meeting.

The support today for the judged independentist politicians and their presence alone to hear that Spain is not a democratic State enlists the Catalan issue as another obstacle, in addition to the composition of the Executive, in the search for a governance pact. The act is an illustrative synthesis of the enormous distance between United We and the PSOE when addressing the separatist problem in Catalonia. A capital issue for any government but even more so for the next one because it will have to face the sentence of the process, which is expected within a week, and foreseeably the challenge of having to deal with a possible increase in tension by Torra and Secessionism

Among those who wanted to express their support for the prisoners was Jaume Asens, deputy and spokesperson for En Comú Podem in Congress and the representative of the Catalan confluence of Podemos at the negotiating table with the PSOE. As a member of the delegation in charge of seeking an agreement, he sat yesterday in front of the socialist team led by the Vice President of the Government, Carmen Calvo. Today, however, he has been sitting in the front row of this act, as one more authority, separated by a Torra seat. A few rows behind, the spokeswoman for Catalunya has been sitting in Comú in the Parliament and a member of Podemos, Jéssica Albiach.

The mayor of Barcelona, ​​Ada Colau, has been physically absent but she has wanted to support the prisoners in a virtual way through a video in which, together with other Catalan mayors, she has claimed her "acquittal". In his speech, Colau has said that "as a Democrat I believe that the defense of freedom of expression and the right to protest is essential. That is why we ask for absolution." He has also labeled "barbarity" that they have been in provisional detention for two years.

The act itself organized by Òmnium Cultural next to the Arc de Triomphe has been attended by several hundred people, despite the discomforts of the wind. It has been divided into several blocks, in which numerous interventions have been intermingled with some musical performance. The common thread has been to denounce, on the one hand, the situation of prisoners and challenge the State if there is no acquittal and, on the other, talk about "repression" and lack of freedom in Spain.

On a screen, images of politicians have been projected awaiting sentencing and some relatives have also been heard. Òmnium spokesman Marcel Mauri has also read a letter from Jordi Cuixart. Finally, attendees have finished the act shouting "unity, unity", to send a message to the independence parties ahead of their most divided Diada.

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