After the amnesty law, Carles Puigdemont warns that he will go for the independence of Catalonia

Not even 24 hours have passed since the Justice Committee of the Spanish Parliament approved a text on Thursday Amnesty Law for the Catalan Independence Movementwhen separatism was already warning that the next step would be self-determination Catalonia is a republic.

This is what the former Catalan president expressed Carles Puigdemont He barely knew that the amendments to the amnesty bill that his party, the Front in Catalonia, had demanded had been approved by the Justice Committee.

“everyone We have the right to continue the process of independence. “To engage in politics and exercise our rights without violating state structures.”

Former Catalan president He has been living outside Spain since October 2017. When he unilaterally declared the independence of Catalonia, in the face of intervention by the national government, He went into self-imposed exile in Belgium To avoid the dungeon.

“This was one of the conditions to be able to establish a relationship with the parties of the Spanish government without the interference of national justice, and to be able to work and advance within the framework agreed upon for the inauguration,” Puigdemont said of the pardon. That Congress The discussion will take place on Thursday March 14.

It is almost certain that the House of Representatives will approve that law that day It erases possible crimes committed by freelancers With a majority of party votes that supported the re-election of Pedro Sanchez.

Because the amnesty law even that Puigdemont I can go back to Spain So that no crimes would be imposed on hundreds of people who cooperated before the illegal self-determination referendum and in the subsequent declaration of independence in 2017, this was one of the conditions agreed upon by the former Catalan president's party with the Socialist Workers' Party. To return Sanchez to the seat of La Moncloa.

In November last year, the current head of the Spanish government was able to be inaugurated for the third time with the support of seven political groups, including the Catalan and Basque independence parties, from the left and right.

He agreed with everyone and had to make concessions. The Amnesty Law is one of them.

The first bill introduced by the SWP at the beginning of the year was rejected in Congress by Juntes: Puigdemont members saw the bill as not providing sufficient protection against possible accusations of terrorism or betrayal of Spain, as some judicial investigations had indicated. The former Catalan president is in the crosshairs.

The amnesty law then returned to the Justice Board, and there was time until Thursday, March 7, to agree on a new text.

The Junts pulled the rope until the last minute of the deadline Current modifications. Finally, it was agreed with the PSOE and with the Esquerra Republica de Catalunya – the majority pro-independence party that today governs the Autonomous Community from General State – that the draft law would provide: Possible crimes of terrorism, treason and embezzlement are considered in accordance with European legislation Not according to what is stipulated in the Spanish Penal Code.

When it is completed – final approval could occur between May and June – he will be pardoned The first step in the road map of conquests on which the independence movement was based I aspire.

Puigdemont, who will be his party's candidate for parliamentary elections, said: “We have to negotiate piece by piece, not take anything for granted, and address all issues, from the budget to national recognition and the exercise of the right to self-determination.” European Parliament in June.

His return to Spain It is scheduled for July.

Fifteen days ago, the Catalan Regional Parliament He acknowledged addressing a popular legislative initiative To request a bill that is declared Catalan independence.

that it Fifth request This is the type that Parliament receives and is presented by the Istiqlal Solidarity Party, which currently does not have parliamentary representation even though it did so between 2009 and 2012.

The initiative It will have no chance of thriving. The Catalan Parliament judges who were consulted said: “The preamble of the law does not adhere to the strict scope of the general government’s powers and does not seek to establish them in the statute and constitution.”

Clarion He wanted to know the opinion of Regional President Pere Aragonés: “From the General State Government we consider that we must address the solution of the political conflict Between Catalonia and the Spanish state They told their government to “be strict and not feed dead ends or play with people's expectations.”

“We respect any initiative that is processed in Parliament, and we are always open to listen to proposals made regarding Catalan independence,” they explained. Clarion-. What the independence movement needs are useful proposals to resolve the conflict to help the citizens of Catalonia You can vote in the referendum“.

“This is what we are working for from the state government,” they insisted. So that the citizens of Catalonia can make a democratic decision in a referendum on independence. We believe that the most beneficial way to achieve this is negotiation.”