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After two phone calls and a letter from the president of the Generalitat, Quim Torra, to the acting president, Pedro Sánchez, without receiving an answer, this morning the acting chief executive responded to Torra's letter of October 19 with a letter in which he warns him that in order to "show with dignity the representation of his community in front of any interlocutor" , the first thing he must do is "condemn the violence outright".

The letter coincides with the announcement that Sanchez will travel to Barcelona this Monday to visit the injured agents , one of them in serious condition, in the violent riots of these days and the State Security Forces and Corps, in charge of security in Catalonia.

Sanchez's warning is not new since this Sunday, Interior Minister Fernando Grande Marlaska , and PSC leader Miquel Iceta , responded to Torra that Sanchez would not speak with him until he condemned the violent actions lived since last week in Catalonia and until he expressed his support for Mossos d'Esquadra, National Police and Civil Guard for the work of these days.

Sánchez's letter insists on the same thing: "I have a duty to remind you of the three obligations - underlined in the letter - that a ruler must fulfill if he wants to show his community with dignity before any interlocutor: condemn violence in a manner flat ; protect the security forces that fight it; and avoid civil discord . "

The acting president reminds him that the "first duty" of any public official "is to ensure the safety of citizens , as well as that of any public or private space against violent actions." Something that, according to Sánchez, Torra has not done: "He has avoided categorically and unequivocally condemning the violent behaviors that have manifested with virulence and assiduity in various parts of Catalonia, even a short distance from his office ."

Sánchez does not hesitate to reiterate not only that he has not condemned the violence but that "he has turned his back on the autonomous and state security forces and bodies" and "has ignored more than half of the Catalan population simply because he does not share his purposes instead of behaving like the president of all Catalans. "

The head of the acting Executive rejected on Sunday a new telephone call from the Catalan president. A refusal that Quim Torra and his team theatricalized with a video on TV3 in which the Torra team is represented informing the president that Sánchez is not going to pick up the phone and his indignation for Sanchez's 'seedling'.

After not being able to speak with Sánchez this past Saturday and having sent him a letter, Torra returned to telephone Sanchez this Sunday, but he could not speak with him because from Moncloa they assured him that he was reunited and that he could not put on, although they would try to make the contact later.

It was precisely Grande-Marlaska who, in a press conference following the meeting of the monitoring committee of the situation in Catalonia, warned Torra that it was "essential" that he and his government condemn "firmly, emphatically, without nuances" The wave of violence is not even half measures this week.

"No one understands that they have not done so yet," lamented the head of the Interior, before appealing to the unity of all political forces so that the "Government" is unmarked of violence and eradicate the problem of public order in the streets of Catalonia.

This same idea was influenced by the leader of the Catalan socialists, Miquel Iceta , who sent a letter to Torra urging him to condemn the violent actions "as many times as necessary", until the disturbances in Catalonia cease, and to express his support for Mossos d'Esquadra, National Police and Civil Guard for the work of these days.

Iceta also referred to Torra's unsuccessful calls to Sanchez and said that before these talks take place it is "essential" that the Catalan president meet with the parliamentary groups.

Torra's response was swift and he responded to Iceta that it is "a great irresponsibility" that the head of the acting Executive refused "repeatedly" to pick up the phone and "hide" behind the leader of the PSC.

In his response, also epistolary, Torra pointed out that the sentence of the procés should be a cause for concern for any Democrat, although "it seems that the president of the Government does not see it that way" because "he repeatedly refuses to pick up the phone when he is the president of the Generalitat who calls him " .

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