Opinió
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Diego Gómez: 'Amb les Normes de Castelló, defensem la nostra llengua'
Diego Gómez
09.12.2012
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Mar Iglesias: Més absurd, impossible
Mar Iglesias
06.12.2012
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Antoni Dalmases: 'La política municipal de Sabadell és l'antidemocràcia pura'
Antoni Dalmases
05.12.2012
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Salvador Cardús: 'No en tenen prou d’humiliar-nos; volen dividir-nos per raó de llengua'
Salvador Cardús
04.12.2012
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Esteve Campus: 'El resultat dóna més força a totes les nacions sense estat'
Esteve Campus
26.11.2012
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Mercè Pinya: 'El sobiranisme plural'
Mercè Pinya
26.11.2012
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Gemma Pasqual: Mas ha de mantenir la seua paraula
Gemma Pasqual
26.11.2012
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Joan-Lluís Lluís: Un regust amargant
Joan-Lluís Lluís
25.11.2012
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Isabel-Clara Simó: Qui vigilarà els vigilants?
Isabel-Clara Simó
23.11.2012
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Feliu Ventura: Un país de llums enceses
Feliu Ventura
23.11.2012
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Oriol Vidal-Aparicio: ‘La constitució espanyola: segrest nacional legalitzat (i 2)’
Oriol Vidal-Aparicio
23.11.2012
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Quim Torra: 'El president Mas ha provocat el més gran desafiament a Espanya des de Francesc Macià'
Quim Torra
23.11.2012
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Màrius Serra: Votaré Junqueras
Màrius Serra
23.11.2012
Liz Castro
16.01.2014
Vote is symbolic for all but PSC
Let's get this straight: Today's vote in the Catalan Parliament asks Catalan MPs to ask Spanish Congress to allow Catalan Parliament to ask members if they want to ask constituents whether they want Catalonia to be independent.
It could be slightly more direct.
But as is often the case, the actual text of a motion isn't always reflected in the votes for or against. To wit:
CiU (Liberals and Christian Democrats) underscores importance of a referendum being carried out—'legally', though leaving door open to Catalan laws, and not necessarily Spanish ones—and sees the motion today as a way of legitimizing an eventual referendum before eyes of international community who will otherwise surely say, 'You didn't even ask?'
ERC (Republican left) and CUP (Anti-capitalists) say there is no need to consult the Spanish State; Catalonia declared its sovereignty on Jan 23, 2013, and can hold a referendum if it so chooses. And they worry that asking Madrid for permission might engender delays that would sideline the process. But ERC is willing to support this motion in order to mollify ICV and also CiU. The CUP is not, and so will abstain.
ICV-EUiA (Greens) supports right to decide but insists on at least asking Spanish State for permission.
PP (Spanish right) and C's (Spanish populist) are against allowing Catalonia the right to decide and will vote against the motion, without compunction.
PSC (Catalan Socialists) which has always said it's in favor of the right to decide, but that any referendum must be negotiated with the Spanish State, says the motion is a fait accompli, and worse a provocation, sure to be rejected in the Spanish Congress, and thus have insisted on voting against—despite the fact that the motion ostensibly fulfills the PSC electoral platform of asking Spain's permission to hold referendum.
This division between its electoral program and the directives of its Executive Board brings PSC to the precipice: Yesterday, prominent PSC MP Angel Ros gave up his seat in Parliament rather than vote against the motion. Each Secretary of the Barcelona chapters of the PSC Youth signed a manifesto demanding an abstention, discretion in the vote, that dissenters not be punished, and that a discussion be opened on topic.
Today in the vote in Catalonia's Parliament, three more PSC members will vote against their party's recommendation and in favor of the motion—risking threatened expulsion from the party—and a fourth will vote No while simultaneously criticizing the vote and resigning from the Executive Board. The defections will push PSC, who as recently as 2003 had won 42 seats in Parliament to a historic low of 17, and fourth place behind PP.
While the motion today in the Parliament is guaranteed passage, PSC doesn't have the same assurance.
Editorial
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La manera de guanyar importa
Vicent Partal
27.07.2015
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La fi de Pujol i la fi de la Catalunya autònoma
Vicent Partal
25.07.2015
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7 contra 155?
Vicent Partal
24.07.2015
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El 155 o l'evidència de la desesperació
Vicent Partal
23.07.2015
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Rajoy i els conceptes més elementals
Vicent Partal
22.07.2015
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Anem a totes
Vicent Partal
21.07.2015
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Ciutadans contra el(s) valencià(ns)
Vicent Partal
20.07.2015
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Contra la revolució
Vicent Partal
17.07.2015
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Les tres explicacions que no entendran mai
Vicent Partal
16.07.2015
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Setanta-cinc dies per a treballar tots com bojos
Vicent Partal
15.07.2015
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Bones vibracions…
Vicent Partal
14.07.2015
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Turbulències, també a Podem
Vicent Partal
13.07.2015
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Lleida és un gran exemple
Vicent Partal
10.07.2015
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I ara un parell de preguntes
Vicent Partal
09.07.2015
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Entre Irlanda i la CUP
Vicent Partal
08.07.2015
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(In)justícies
Vicent Partal
07.07.2015
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La democràcia té límits?
Vicent Partal
06.07.2015
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Persistència per a guanyar
Vicent Partal
05.07.2015
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Sumar
Vicent Partal
03.07.2015
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L’embolic d’Iceta amb el 9-N
Vicent Partal
02.07.2015
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Contra la 'llei mordassa'
Vicent Partal
01.07.2015
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Europa, en perill
Vicent Partal
30.06.2015
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A les vostres mans
Vicent Partal
29.06.2015
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La trampa
Vicent Partal
26.06.2015
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El retorn de la Generalitat
Vicent Partal
25.06.2015