"Laporta president, Catalunya independent!" The cry became an echo in the electoral headquarters of Paseo de Gracia.

Some extended the celebration at the Majestic hotel, a favorite place for nationalism and

Joan Laporta

.

It was where

Jordi Pujol

made

José María Aznar

kneel

, in 1996, to turn the "bitter victory" into a real change.

It was the year 2003 and Laporta was climbing, as his youth friend

Pilar Rahola would say

, on the "heels of power", from which he believed he was a messiah.

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