Controversy over the Catalan and the independence prisoners in the proclamation of Barcelona

For yet another year, the traditional proclamation

in Barcelona has sparked controversy.

In his speech at the City Hall's Saló de Cent,

(artistic name of the clown Jaume Mateu) yesterday read a letter from the president of Òmnium Cultural, the imprisoned Jordi Cuixart, and made a defense of the Catalan in which he said: "Those who reject the language and culture of a place, at least, we can say that they are misfits ".

"There are people determined to think that our language is Spanish and we, come on, speak Catalan. It is clear that we must have mental problems. Perhaps they think that their language is more important than that of my mother. Well no," said the crier.

Manuel Valls, president of the

municipal group

, and his counterpart from Ciudadanos,

, left the event in protest.

Through Twitter, both expressed their opposition to the comedian's speech.

Guilarte expressed her "pity" and "disappointment" because she expected "a proclamation for all the people of Barcelona and not a political speech at the service of an ideology", while the former French prime minister considered that this was not a proclamation.

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