The idea of extending the so-called cordon sanitaire that dominates parliamentary politics to other institutions, such as city councils, may have a place if the pro-independence parties agree to it, particularly JxCat. For now, the idea launched by En Comú Podem this Tuesday has the complicity of the PSC and, in order to reissue the isolation of Vox that has dominated Parliament since the beginning of the legislature, the agreement should also include the ERC and the post-convergent groups, and take shape on paper with everyone's signature.
The spokesman for the commons, David Cid, has launched the trial balloon from the Catalan Chamber before what may happen in Ripoll. In the capital of Ripollès, where the pro-independence extreme right of Alianza Catalana was the winner, the aforementioned ultra party could end up ruling if the rest of the formations do not braid an alternative agreement to avoid it.
The key to making it possible is held by Junts, whose local leadership is in favor of making it easier for Alianza Catalana to govern to unseat it after the mayoralty with a motion of no confidence. But Carles Puigdemont's party is divided on this possibility, although the leadership has shown itself against facilitating the governance of the ultra party by omission.
The commons want to delve into the contradictions that assail Junts at this time and that is why they propose extending the "anti-fascist pact" of the Parliament to all the Catalan city councils. "In the Parliament of Catalonia it has worked, Vox does not set the political agenda in Catalonia and cannot set it in any municipality in the country," Cid justified, adding that "it would be very bad news if the extreme right ended up ruling" in Ripoll with the complicity of Junts.
The spokesman for the commons has attacked the post-convergent party for not being clear about its attitude towards Alianza Catalana in Ripoll: "It is not very well known where Junts is... or yes". In his opinion, the position of Puigdemont's party is "irresponsible", and "the excuse of the list is no longer worth it because neither the president of the Generalitat nor the president of the Parliament belong to the force with the most votes", he recalled. .
For Cid, Junts' attitude should also serve as a "wake-up call to ERC" because "we do not understand trying to remake the independence bloc when one of the forces is willing to allow the extreme right to govern."
The idea of the commons has been blessed by the PSC, which is very clear that "with the extreme right, nothing." The socialist spokesperson, Alícia Romero, has remarked that her party already acts in this way in its policy of post-electoral pacts. "We already make a sanitary cordon to the extreme right and it has to be done in the rest of the institutions," she has bet. And the socialist has also pointed to Junts for what could happen in Ripoll: "You have to question Junts" and ask yourself "why here we get so great with Vox and not in the rest of the institutions."
The compromise between the PSC and the commons in this matter is not trivial since both parties season their recipes against the extreme right with different ingredients. The commons -also ERC- maintains that the best way to combat the rise of the extreme right is to do so through policies to reduce inequality. Faced with "uncertainty about the future" and disenchantment in areas such as justice or housing, the commoners believe that "with public policies we would gain a long way."
On the other hand, the PSC places the accent on what it considers to be the main problem that the ultra-right drags for its own benefit: insecurity. The Socialists emphasize the feeling of insecurity that dominates the public with proposals that are far from the management carried out by the Government in police matters. The PSC has thus established itself as a "order" party where zero tolerance for occupations dominates, especially criminal ones, and unconditional support for the security forces.
