The former Catalan minister and MEP assures that she would be willing to die for the cause and gives Ukraine as an example
The former Minister of Education, Clara Ponsatí, fled to Scotland and a member of the European Parliament with Carles Puigdemont, insists on claiming the Slovenian path to achieve independence from Catalonia. The MEP from Junts defended this Monday that for her the independence of Catalonia is so important as to be “worth the life of a person”. “Yes I think so. In all the great causes there have been very important sacrifices. Show me one where there have been no great sacrifices, “she said this morning on RTVE. In her opinion, this is a “very pertinent” debate that nationalism should open.
Ponsatí calls for personal sacrifices in the form of human lives in order to complete the process towards secession and criticizes Puigdemont for not reaching the end for fear of an escalation of violence. «I am not saying that I am willing to violence, but each one has to know what cost he is willing to pay; no one forces anything on anyone », she stated. Days ago, during the presentation of the book that she has written about the ‘procés’, she already warned that in her opinion the State was willing in October 2017 to kill to stop the independence challenge. “If necessary, use violence as much as you need it. Does this mean that they would be willing to kill? I am convinced”, she assured. However, she believes that the independence movement should not stop even if there is a risk of violence. Political leaders should not make “paternalistic” decisions, as she has said. They should not say “we will not do this because I protect you, because it is the same approach as saying that we will never do it”, she has finished off.
Ponsatí has compared Ukraine to Catalonia and has not ruled out being willing to die for independence. “You look at the images of the villages that are being occupied by the Russian army and you see Ukrainian citizens taking to the streets empty-handed. These people are willing to defend their rights against an invasion », she praised.
The words of the nationalist leader have been criticized from all areas. ERC has described them as “unfortunate”. Ciudadanos believes that with statements of this type “societies are filled with hate and blood.” “What she has to do is come to Spain, answer for the crimes she committed and let normal people work and live in union and peace,” said Carlos Carrizosa, from Cs.
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