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Puigdemont: ‘Catalonia has stopped Rajoy from becoming President’
Catalan pro-independence parties ERC and PDC have both said that
they would be willing to vote ‘yes’ to a new Spanish government if it
recognises the right of Catalonia to hold a referendum
The Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, said on Thursday that the
political deadlock in Spain will continue as long as there is no proper
answer to the Catalan political demands. ‘Catalonia has stopped Rajoy
from becoming President’, he stressed, in comments after the leader of
the People’s Party lost his confidence vote in the Spanish Parliament.
Puigdemont stated that 36 out of the 47 Catalan MPs, all except those
from PP and Ciutadans, voted against Rajoy and will do so again on
Friday, when a second ballot is expected. ‘Anyone aspiring to become
Spanish president should recognise the reality in Catalonia’, he said,
describing the current situation as a ‘catch 22’ and stressing that
without a solution in Catalonia there won’t be a stable government in
Spain.
‘Catalonia said ‘no’, and this will not change as long as they keep
ignoring the will of the Catalan people, our will to decide our future’,
said the Catalan President. ‘A political problem requires a political
solution, and Catalonia can be a solution to find the so much needed
Spanish stability’, he said.
According to Puigdemont, there is a big ‘alternative’ to the PP and
C’s government proposal, and that is a government from the left willing
to recognise the Catalan right of self-determination. ‘There is room to
find a solution to the demands of the Catalan people’ and to the
political standstill in Spain, he suggested.
Catalan pro-independence parties ERC and PDC have both said that they
would be willing to vote ‘yes’ to a new Spanish government if it
recognises the right of Catalonia to hold a referendum. However, while
Podemos had a referendum in its manifesto, the PSOE is totally against
it.
