the express Rull Y Fornmembers of the Government and the current management of Together for Cataloniaas well as territorial andThe Parliament they have signed a manifesto in which they formally request that the party be led by the ‘ex-conseller’ Jordi Turullwhile the President of Parliament, Laura Borrasoccupy the presidency of the formation in the congress that will celebrate the formation on June 4 in Argelés.
“Aware of the value and commitment of the president Laura Borràs and the ‘conseller’ Jordi Turull on the road to achieving the independence of Catalonia, we summon them from the complicity and personal esteem to take a new step to assume the maximum responsibilities at the head of Junts per Catalunya. Nobody with more strength and leadership than Laura Borras to assume the presidency of the party and Turull the general secretary”.
The document, called “
Together, units and determinates” (“Together, united and determined”) affirms that this position “expresses the thought and desire of the majority of people who have felt represented, at one time or another since 2017, by the leadership of ‘president’ Puigdemont’ “.
Numerous weight charges
It is a short text signed by very prominent positions, such as the ‘exconsellers’ Joseph Rull Y Quim Fornthe head of ranks in Parliament, Albert Batettthe ‘conselleras’ Lourdes Ciuro Y Violant Cervera members of the current party leadership anna erra, Damia Calvet, Irene Black either Jordi Fabregaas well as mayors or institutional positions such as the delegate of the Government in Tarragona and the delegate in Barcelona, and also territorial leaders and other deputies in the Parliament such as Monica Salesnumber two in the organization chart after Batet.
Borràs: not in my name
This manifesto can be decisive a few days before the candidacies for the positions of president or president, four vice presidents, general secretary and the rest of the executive must be presented, which must be voted on in the conclave. In an internal message to the Junts group in Parliament, Borràs has stated that she is unaware of the very existence of the manifesto and demands that her name not be used “in relation to any position or proposal“That she and Turull, with whom she is negotiating, have not agreed. An explicit way of showing her rejection of the proposal made by very prominent party and government officials.
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Borràs maintains that his priority is the project and not the charges and maintains that he has agreed with turull make no public move during their conversations. The environment of the president of the Parliament warns that despite the manifesto presented, if she opts for the general secretary and must vote between two different options, her projection among the bases is very remarkable.
This internal situation is revealed the same day as the ‘ex-president’ Carles Puigdemont has announced that he will not run for re-election as party president, precisely to pave the way for a new direction in which the presidency has a more active role in internal decisions. However, Puigdemont does not show any explicit preference with respect to Turul or Borràs or any other leader with respect to the main positions: the general secretary -which according to the current scheme is held by whoever directs the day-to-day activities of the party- and the presidency.