Turull: "The elections are a plebiscite between Puigdemont and Sánchez"

The general secretary of Junts, Jordi Turull, assures that the 12-M elections will be "a plebiscite between Puigdemont and Sánchez" and that the result of the polls will determine "whether we will decide from Catalonia or they will do so from outside.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
12 April 2024 Friday 16:23
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Turull: "The elections are a plebiscite between Puigdemont and Sánchez"

The general secretary of Junts, Jordi Turull, assures that the 12-M elections will be "a plebiscite between Puigdemont and Sánchez" and that the result of the polls will determine "whether we will decide from Catalonia or they will do so from outside." Turull emphasizes that the PSC candidate, Salvador Illa, is "the person in charge who does not want to bother the central government at all" and remembers that "the more comfortable and friendly" the Government is for Moncloa, "the more the State fails to comply with Catalonia ".

During an address to the media from Girona, the general secretary of JxCat has also called the criticism of the Government, Comuns and CUP for the complaint about the report on Casol as "electoralist". Turull has defended the lawsuit for "preserving the good name" of Junts.

Turull assures that the parliamentary elections put the country "in front of many fundamental crossroads." The secretary of JxCat emphasizes that in 12-M Catalunya "the future of the nation" is at stake, and more specifically, whether this can be done from here or "will it be marked from outside."

After Sánchz has announced that he will actively campaign for Salvador Illa from Catalonia, Jordi Turull affirms that 12-M will be "a plebiscite between Puigdemont and Sánchez" and criticizes the PSC candidate for being "the manager and the delegate" who does not "He wants to bother the central government at all." "We have never seen him be alarmed about Rodalies, about the Mediterranean corridor or about the non-compliance with the dependency law," Turull stated.

The general secretary affirms that, in fact, "the more comfortable and friendly" the Government is for Moncloa, "the more the State fails to comply with Catalonia." "We have seen this over the last few years," said Turull - here, also in clear reference to ERC - recalling that, precisely, when the Spanish government "had to comply the most" was "in 2017, when Puigdemont precisely He was president."

"For this reason, on 12-M we risk having a government that keeps alive the flame and aspirations of the nation, or we simply put ourselves in the queue of the mixed pot of the autonomous communities of Spain, without disturbing the central government at all. "he insisted. "We are playing between ambition or resignation, solvency or incompetence," she added.

Jordi Turull has also stated that Carles Puigdemont embodies "the leadership" to try "a shake-up" in Catalonia. And at this point, the secretary of JxCat has launched a dart against ERC, which he has accused of "lulling" the institutions.

During his visit to Girona, where he participated in a JNC event, Jordi Turull also referred to the criticism leveled at him this Friday by the Government, Comuns and the CUP for the complaint filed following the report on Casol, saying that They saw her as "a threat" to the victims of machismo.

"It is precisely the opposite; we presented it a long time ago to preserve the good name of Junts, and now there are those who want to give it electoral use," said the general secretary of Junts. Turull defended the filing of the complaint against the experts who prepared the report commissioned by the Parliament because "unverified statements" were made and "no party official was asked to give his opinion."