The Parliament of Catalonia had a Christmas tree and a nativity scene for the first time last year, donated by the Catalan Federation of Pessebrists and the Pessebrista Group of Castellar del Vallès. It was an initiative of Laura Borràs, suspended president of the Chamber, and Lluís Carratalà, a member of those associations, was in charge of the installation.
With the republican Alba Vergés at the head of the institution as acting vice president, the tree, which comes from Espinelves (Osona) has been maintained but not the birth, a fact that the also president of Junts has regretted.
As the Republicans pointed out to Ser Catalunya, the fact of not installing a nativity scene, despite the fact that they had the possibility of obtaining it on loan from the same institutions, responds to a decision by the Board taking into account the secularism of the institutions. The mangers have already complained about the lack of sensitivity of the Parliament with popular culture.
What has been maintained in the Catalan Chamber is the Christmas tree, although with some aesthetic differences. In this regard, the former president of the Generalitat, Quim Torra, has also criticized the decision not to install the birth. "Pathetic. Put to decide nonsense, a Christmas tree by definition is as unsecular as a nativity scene. I hope that the next step is to approve changing the name to "Winter Holidays tree", he pointed out wryly. " That they put the manger back and don't forget the tió," the former president claimed.
In Barcelona, the installation of the nativity scene has also been a source of controversy and citizen debate on a recurring basis, especially in recent years, with Ada Colau as mayoress.
