Before the Neymar case took him ahead, Sandro Rosell tried to apply extreme political equilibrism during his time as president of Barcelona. After winning the 2010 elections, the leader set out to start his official events agenda. He visited the Generalitat of Catalonia. The Barcelona City Council. Also the Abbey of Montserrat. His next stop was Mérida, where he visited the chief executive of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara. The idea was to apologize for the political cycle commanded by Joan Laporta and "symbolize" an approach by Barça towards the followers spread throughout the Spanish territory . Three years later, Rosell ceded the Camp Nou to Òmnium to carry out the Concert de la Llibertat and also opened the doors of the stadium to pass the so-called Via Catalana to Independence, organized by the ANC.
Josep Maria Bartomeu, top president of Barcelona since January 2014, looked for something similar. Act as a juggler. Until 1-O arrived and he had to take what he himself considers as "the most difficult decision" of his presidency . " After not finding an alibi to suspend the meeting at home in front of Las Palmas that day - the president unsuccessfully requested a document from the Mossos in which the body assured that he could not maintain security at the Camp Nou -, Bartomeu sought a alternative solution. He denied the sovereign positions, which were betting that the game would not be held, accepted the claim of some players who demanded to play - except Piqué and Sergi Roberto - and opted to close the stands to the public while running the ball .
That cost Bartomeu the resignation of two of its directors, Vice President Carles Vilarrubí and vocal Jordi Monés. But also the rejection by the independence organizations, whose power of influence in the club was reduced to the banners displayed before the start of the games on the side of the Camp Nou .
The banners of Sànchez and Cuixart
Although the climax of the disagreement between Barça de Bartomeu and sovereignty also had to do with the teachings. On October 16, 2017, Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, leaders of the ANC and Òmnium, were imprisoned in Soto del Real. Two days later, and on the occasion of the Barça-Olympiacos de Champions, the club's rectors prohibited both entities from introducing the banner with the faces of Sànchez and Cuixart at Camp Nou, accompanied by messages such as « Freedom !» And « Help Catalonia , Save Europe ». ANC and Òmnium had to deploy the cloth in the street and under a downpour . The balance game led Bartomeu to offer two seats in the box to the acting representatives of both platforms, the vice president of ANC, Agustí Alcoberro, and the secretary of Òmnium Cultural, Jordi Bosch. Both preferred to leave the chairs empty and avoid the institutional banner designed by Barça and UEFA: Diàleg, respecte i esport (Dialogue, respect and sport).
The trial and sentence to the prisoners of the procés , however, have allowed Bartomeu to reconcile with a sovereignty that has especially thanked the statement issued by the club last Monday after hearing the sentence. Under the title "Prison is not the solution," the Barca entity called for "a process of dialogue and negotiation to resolve this conflict, which must also allow the release of convicted civic and political leaders . " Gerard Piqué and Sergi Roberto, two of the four captains of the first men's soccer team (the other two are Leo Messi and Sergio Busquets), shared and celebrated the statement. They also showed their rejection of the sentence Alexia Putellas, captain of the women's club, and the captain of the handball team, Víctor Tomás.
Support for the Statutes of Autonomy
« President Bartomeu has shown himself against 155, of the provisional prison, but he has never declared himself in favor of independence. Neither does Barça . But we are against the prosecution of the process and that there are people in jail for it. A political conflict requires a political solution », defends a qualified source from Barcelona, adding that the reaction of the Barça club« also responds to the historical ideology »of the entity.
In Barça other moments are remembered when the club took advantage of the political life of the country, such as supporting the Statutes of autonomy of 1932, 1979 and 2006 . Or that episode for which the club was suspended for half a year, with the call to the Royal March of June 14, 1925 in the field of Les Corts during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. The assembly of Barca compromises withdrew on October 6 the medals awarded to Francisco Franco in the middle of the last century (1951, 1971 and 1974).
Josep Maria Bartomeu's government team manages internal surveys in which more than 70% of the partners support Barcelona's position regarding the process . «And they are the owners», they settle from the Camp Nou.
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