Junts has taken to the Parliament's speaker's rostrum with a harsh analysis of both the Government's management and the direction set in relations with Spain in the second session of the general policy debate. The president of the parliamentary group, Albert Batet, has made a critical speech, reminding Pere Aragonès that he is president thanks to the support of 52% of the pro-independence deputies and has described the trajectory in this last year of a “weak” executive, who has ruled out confrontation with Spain, he has opted for “submission” and has put aside unilateralism. For this reason, he concluded his first intervention with a clear message: “either change course, and this is the last train that passes, or call elections.”
For the representative of JxCat, moving forward with the legislature only makes sense if this movement of direction is carried out, which must involve firm negotiating with the State Government, and a determination to move towards the independence of Catalonia. Batet has considered that Aragonès faces the negotiations with Madrid from the restricted perspective of his 33 deputies, losing strength and credibility.
Facing the new scenario that has opened up before the eventual inauguration of Pedro Sánchez, JxCat has put on the table its strategy compared to that of ERC based on holding its position to resolve the conflict, not trusting the Spanish parties and applying prudence. In reference to the considerations that Republicans have made about the amnesty, this party has been asked to “not speak on behalf of third parties.” As Batet has pointed out, his party has achieved “more in four weeks than ERC has achieved in four years.”
Given this analysis of both the opportunity that opens up in the negotiation of the next State Government, and in the debate that is taking place in this regard in Catalonia, the president has invited the post-convergents to take advantage of the fact that there is unity both in the objectives and in how do it. A context in which he extends his hand to return to the dialogue table with the Spanish Executive, "rethinking instruments." But he has made it clear that it is about stopping looking at the past and seeking maximum unity of action in Catalonia.
Junts' analysis from the podium has also been critical of the Government's management. Albert Batet has defended the need to adjust the tax burden of Catalans. He has proposed the deflation of personal income tax, modifying the inheritance tax and opening a reflection on the wealth tax. A reflection in a context in which the majority of autonomies, he has pointed out, are carrying out modifications.
In this review of government management, JxCat has denounced how the Government deals with education management, the excessive bureaucratic burden of the administration and politics with the media.
For its part, the CUP has accused the Government of renouncing sovereignist policies. Spokesperson Laia Estrada has indicated that a sovereignty strategy must be linked to social policies to move towards independence. In this sense, she has considered that in the current structure of the State, self-determination is impossible, and she has called for going beyond the state and statutory framework.
