The PSC will attend the party table, although it believes that the Government's proposal is "born dead"

The PSC has confirmed that it will attend the party table scheduled for June and that it is framed in the process of the clarity agreement proposed by the Government of the Generalitat.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
13 April 2023 Thursday 03:28
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The PSC will attend the party table, although it believes that the Government's proposal is "born dead"

The PSC has confirmed that it will attend the party table scheduled for June and that it is framed in the process of the clarity agreement proposed by the Government of the Generalitat. Even so, she believes that she is "born quite dead", especially since she already met with a slammed door from Parliament last September. This was expressed by the socialist spokesperson in the Catalan chamber, Alicia Romero, in statements to La 2 and Ràdio 4, at the same time that she has ruled out a referendum on self-determination because "voting does not solve anything."

The consultation is, precisely, the final objective of a process designed by the Executive of Pere Aragonès baptized as a clarity agreement. For the PSC, it is not the time to raise it nor does it see a path. Even so, they have confirmed their presence once they receive the call from the President of the Generalitat. The meeting between the political forces is scheduled for June, when the municipal elections have been passed. The political debate to agree on the bases of the referendum, according to Aragonès' plan, will take place in parallel to the dialogue between social entities, and finally there will also be a citizen debate.

In addition, the PSC keeps the door closed to the self-determination referendum. Romero has defended that "voting does not solve anything" because it is a "dichotomous" decision. "It only makes it divide," he has expressed. The socialist leader has also reiterated that this consultation "has no place" in the constitutional order. In this way, Romero has called on the Government to devote "its energies" to issues that "worry" Catalans, such as the drought, and not on a road map to reach an agreed referendum.

Precisely, regarding the drought, Alicia Romero has reproached the Government for not having "conceded anything". The summit held two weeks ago ended without an agreement with the sanctioning regime against the municipalities as the main stumbling block. At this time, Romero said, it continues to be the point that distances them from the decree that the Government initially approved, as well as the investment plan, which the socialist formation does not like either. Romero explained that the Executive promised to bring a new decree with the changes requested by the parliamentary groups and "has not done so." The new text is now being processed in Parliament as a bill, a way in which the parties intend to include modifications.

The PSC spokeswoman has guaranteed that her party will not "hinder" the measures to deal with the drought, but has once again demanded dialogue from Aragonès. "In order to move initiatives forward, you have to agree, and for this sometimes you have to give in," Romero said, at the same time that he has demanded that the Government be "aware that it has 33 deputies."

Also soon, the Parliament will have to debate about the reform of the regulation that the PSC has registered (to remove Laura Borràs from the presidency) and the proposal of ERC and the CUP with which it is intended to regularize the delegated vote and incorporate the telematics. On this last issue, he has warned that the assumption for the delegated vote that the two pro-independence parties provide is "too ambiguous" and the laws "must be precise." In relation to the telematics, on the other hand, it has shown more predisposition when affirming that it has to be "regulated".