A few hours before the sixth anniversary of 1-O, the former president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, this Saturday “firmly vindicated the self-determination referendum” of October 1, 2017 and warned of “everything” that is done now “must serve" the purpose that its result marked, an independent Catalan republic.
This was stated through a video on his social networks on the eve of October 1. Puigdemont's message reinforces yesterday's movement by ERC and Junts, which increased their pressure on the acting president of the Government and leader of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, by approving in Parliament a resolution proposal that conditions the support of the pro-independence parties in an eventual investiture of the socialist leader to his commitment to facilitating a self-determination referendum for Catalonia.
Puigdemont stressed that they have been “firmly defending the 1-O independence referendum” for six years, despite the fact that there are those who would like them to forget it and turn the page. He was blunt in his reply saying that “it is not our case” and he considered that neither is it that of “many” Catalans.
In this context, marked at the national level by the failure in the investiture of Alberto Núñez Feijóo and the possible assignment to Pedro Sánchez, the former Catalan president called to remember “that victory” from six years ago this Sunday, when an event is held in Barcelona organized by pro-independence entities under the motto 'Let's defend October 1'.
Puigdemont thus stressed in his message that this is “the destiny” decided on October 1, 2017 and “the will of the people of Catalonia”, which is why he delved into the warning that “everything we do has to serve this purpose.” “Catalan Republic”, he wrote to emphasize the text that accompanied his words.
