This dissabte, November 9, is complex deu anys d’ençà that two million Catalans are going to expressthrough the urns, the will to turn Catalonia into an independent state. It was the first time that, per mitjà d’una consultation, the population is vocal about the political future of the country I’m sorry that The State is going to challenge the callthe new celebration will empower sovereignty and flatten the road because, within three years, it will include the referendum of October 1, 2017.
From the Statute to the democratic plet
A decade has passed since 9-N, and that event continues in the rearview mirror of the sectors that defend the right to decide in Catalonia. A demand that had not entered the public agenda since the beginning of the Transition, apart from the pronouncements that the Parliament had approved in favor of self-determination. But the revision of the Statute by the Constitutional Court in 2006, The door will open because sovereignty places this demand at the center of the debate political
Between 2009 and 2010, 550 municipalities will hold independence referendums
In a dynamic of accumulation of forces, powered by consultations that will be held in 550 municipalities Between the years 2009 and 2010, it will be possible to articulate a majority to be effective here. “It will be popularized through the Platform for the Right to Decide, from which the request was made that, in a democratic state, if any autonomous community aspires to establish a new framework, it has given constitutional margin to consult the ciutadania”, explains the politòleg Jaume Lopez.
This aspiration will take shape in 2012 with the Agreement for the national transition and, in the following, with a joint declaration by the President of the Generalitat, Artur Maswill convene on November 9, 2014 a non-referendary consultation so that the “people of Catalonia” will decide who will be elected based on the double question “Will Catalonia be a State?” and, in the case of an affirmative answer, “Would this Estat continue to be independent?”
Com és sabut, the call, which It is supported by the ERC, ICV-EUiA, the CUP and a thousand entities encapsulated by the Catalan National Assembly and Òmnium Culturalwill be rebutted by the majority of the Congress of Deputies, which will vote against the organic law that authorized the State to transfer to Catalonia the power to hold referendums.
The consultation will be able to be held thanks to the participation of 40,000 volunteers
Això will lead the president to replace it with a participatory process that would take place on the same day. Finally, and regretful that the Constitutional Court is suspending the four weeks at the request of the execution of the Popular Party, the consultation will be able to be held thanks to the participation of 40,000 volunteers.
“Seen in perspective, cal vindicate-la perquè sovereignty will provide itself with great legitimacysimilar to two thirds parts of the chamber, the need to reform the Statute”, says the also politician Marc Sanjaumeso “also the open question will have to be important in order to gather broad support from civil society.”
A dead road
Amb tot, 9-N is going to overcome the failure of the State to enable formulas to ask the citizenswhich will create a new political cycle. “From now on, the legitimation framework will be oriented towards the classic demand of nations that decide to self-determine themselves and will do so unilaterally if they do not claim the majority,” says López, but here the culmination This cycle will be October 1 referendum.
But not just. The 2014 participatory process will also certify the restrictive interpretation of Spanish justice regarding the right to decide. “In suspending the Law of non-referendum popular consultations of 2014, the Constitutional Court is going to take over the possibility of consulting around the right to decide, which will be outside the law,” said López.
For Marc Sanjaume, 9-N will be more complicated than 1-O, which will only undermine independence
A situation that, according to Sanjaume, “will force the independent parties to undertake a unilateral strategy, at the cost of losing the path of the socialist and ICV-EU sectors that have occurred in addition to 9-N.” Sanjaume admits that this will generate a paradox: while the 9-N will have more complications and will satisfy the will of the people to express themselves, but there is a legal artifact that foresees a rupture or a change of status for Catalonia, The 1-O will serve to challenge the State and force the negotiation, but with the handicap that will only jeopardize independence, which will make it impossible to achieve it.
Looking for other roads
All two politicians agree that, in the current situation, sovereignty will have to look for other things if it is possible to advance towards self-determinationand in this line, consider that the Agreement for the National Transition continues to be valid, continuing its character even as it offered the State mechanisms to accommodate the demand of Catalans; to share the idea that, whatever we do, it is only possible to raise the margins of democracy.
Quant to the possible vies, both López and Sanjaume indicate that 9-N teaches that it is not possible to wait for the involvement of the European Union. “There is an optimistic view of this attitude, and now it will be denied, which will force us to have more strength to enable a framework for peaceful resolution of conflicts,” says Jaume López. Marc Sanjaume also stated that “it does not forget that Spain is a liberal democracy approved by the world, so the game will be played by the State.”
As a result, others see in the international arena a front of wear and tear to undermine the sovereign will of the Catalan people. And, in this view, they believe that the proposed regulation put forward by the Caucus group to the European Parliament such that the Union protects minorities is an advance that cannot be facilitated.
“The situation calls for us to be bold and willing to challenge the State and seek an accommodation appropriate to Catalonia’s demands”
“The situation calls for us to be bold and have the courage to face the State and seek a proper accommodation to the demands of Catalonia. In contrast, looking for other miracles is self-deception,” insists Sanjaume. A fet of which López is also convinced, if he sees more margin because Europe remained permeable to the demand of the Catalans. “It is the most feasible framework to make self-determination effective, since establishing a new state would simply mean changing the state of marriage, not passing to the EU state.”
All of them, yes, they see it as essential that sovereignty recover the political and social muscles that 9-N will exhibit, which will serve so that from the shores the historical vindication of Catalonia appears on the international agenda.
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