Joaquim Forn rules out going on Xavier Trias' list

The extinction of the sentence of disqualification for public office that weighed on the former Minister of the Interior of the Generalitat, Joaquim Forn, for his participation and conviction for the events of the process will not alter the composition of the Junts candidacy in the next municipal elections in Barcelona .

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
14 February 2023 Tuesday 03:45
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Joaquim Forn rules out going on Xavier Trias' list

The extinction of the sentence of disqualification for public office that weighed on the former Minister of the Interior of the Generalitat, Joaquim Forn, for his participation and conviction for the events of the process will not alter the composition of the Junts candidacy in the next municipal elections in Barcelona . Forn himself, who was first deputy mayor of the Barcelona City Council during the four years of Xavier Trias as mayor, has confirmed to La Vanguardia what he had already communicated to his fellow parties before the Criminal Chamber of the The Supreme Court will dictate today the order reviews the sentence of the "procés" after the reform of the Penal Code.

Joaquim Forn, who works as a lawyer in the private company, had already made the decision in advance not to return to municipal politics in which he served as number two of the Barcelona City Council in the period 2011-2015 when he assumed, among many other responsibilities , the address of the Security area of ​​the Consistory. After returning to the municipal opposition, after the defeat of Xavier Trias against Ada Colau in the 2015 elections, he held the position of Minister of the Interior.

Forn has not considered the possibility of joining a very prominent place on the Trias list for May 28, an option that, according to Junts sources, is not on the table either, despite the fact that the Supreme Court decision would allow it.

It must not be ruled out, however, that the former mayor of Barcelona offers to close the electoral list to his former lieutenant, both in the opposition and in the municipal government. In this way, the gesture that Joaquim Forn had with his political mentor in the 2019 elections would be repeated, but in reverse. On that occasion, Forn led the Junts candidacy, despite the fact that he was in jail while the trial of the procés was held, and Trias symbolically occupied number 41, the last on the list.