Carles Puigdemont is a master of suspense. An Alfred Hitchcock from Amer, who tries to take situations to the limit, although sometimes the endings are not as expected. Not because of the public, but because of Puigdemont himself. I read in La Vanguardia that making decisions at the last moment is part of Junts' DNA. But I would dare to clarify that it is not so much the soul of the party, but the spirit of its leader.
This may allow you to have more control over your training, being away from your headquarters. Puigdemont does not give a word about who will be the candidate for the presidency of the Generalitat, but this way of proceeding is not new: it could be seen in matters related to the process, in his judicial strategy and in the leadership of the party. And now he acts the same with the Government, to whom he has announced that he will not vote for the omnibus decree, which provides for a package of anti-crisis measures and the investment of 10 billion European funds. Puigdemont considers that Catalan powers are being invaded and that he includes a rule that could complicate the amnesty. But time is of the essence: the decree is debated on Wednesday in Congress.
Politics is increasingly the control of times. And managing the intrigue is essential. A study of emotions by the Mind and Brain Institute of Canada showed that Hichtcock was capable of altering the perception of time. For the field work, they made a group of people watch a short film of theirs titled Bang, you're dead!, where a child dressed as a cowboy replaces his toy gun with that of his father who has just arrived from Africa. The little boy begins to aim at various characters on the street without actually pulling the trigger, until he returns home to play with the woman who takes care of him. The viewer experiences unease in the face of tragedy.
The last-minute strategy produces anxiety, anguish and despair, as Antonio Machín sang in Todo una vida. Waiting for the last moment, how many people have lost a flight, a job, a love or simply an opportunity. In fact, Puigdemont tried on October 27 to call elections at the last moment, until he discovered that he had run out of time. Like the boy in the Hitchcock short.
