• Catalonia.Torra urges to convene an extraordinary plenary session and challenges the State: "I will continue to be a deputy and president of Catalonia"

Despite claiming again and again "democracy" and "dialogue", the independence parties do not hesitate to push the Parliament to the limit to continue with their challenge. The independent groups JxCat, ERC and CUP take to the vote in plenary this Saturday a motion for a resolution to endorse the president of the Generalitat Quim Torra after disqualification as a deputy by the Central Electoral Board following his conviction for disobedience for part of the TSJC.

Torra asked to appear following article 78.2 of the regulations of the Parliament and it is not usual in this type of plenary that there is a vote after the intervention. However, the independence groups proposed a change of the agenda to be able to vote resolutions such as the ratification of the president in addition to the mandatory rejection of the JEC decision, since they consider it a "coup d'etat" for going against the electoral result. In this sense, it is claimed that the Parliament recognizes that the "only legal framework applicable to the Presidency of the Generalitat" is the Presidency Law and the Regulations of the Parliament.

To be able to carry out this change in the plenary, the sovereigns had the support of the 'commons' while PP, PSC and Cs showed their rejection for the decision that had the endorsement of the legal services of the Parliament. The PSC lamented to efe that it is "passing the roller" above the rights of the opposition groups because they have not been allowed room to elaborate their texts in time while Citizens and PP regretted that they seek to "endorse the President Torra through full fraud. "

As usual, the proposal for an independentist resolution to be voted on includes "the end of the repression, the recognition of the right to self-determination of the people of Catalonia, the amnesty of the prisoners, the free return of the exiles and the full guarantee in the exercise and defense of the civil and political rights of the citizens of Catalonia, and the need to promote a National Agreement to defend it, "according to Europa Press. A few hours ago the vice president of the Government Pere Aragonès urged PSC and 'commons' to support this resolution before confirming his abstention at the investiture of Pedro Sánchez

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