Bloomberg: "Repte independentista el 27 de setembre"
04/08/2015
PLEBISCITÀRIES
L’agència de notícies econòmica dels EUA es fa ressò de la convocatòria
de les plebiscitàries: "Mas planteja la cita electoral com un referèndum
sobre la secessió d'Espanya".
Nerea Rodríguez
Bloomberg, la gran agència de notícies econòmica dels EUA, es fa ressò de la convocatòria
per part del president de la Generalitat, Artur Mas, de les eleccions
plebiscitàries del proper 27 de setembre: “El president català demana
eleccions anticipades a la seva regió pel 27 de setembre, actualitzant
el xoc amb el govern central de Madrid des del seu cotxe per trencar Espanya”, destaca Bloomberg.
L’agència de notícies dels EUA recorda algunes de les paraules de Mas durant la declaració institucional
d’ahir a la nit, després de signar el decret de convocatòria: “Mas va
signar l'ordre de votació la nit de dilluns en un esdeveniment televisat
des de Barcelona, i va descriure la propera votació com a ‘excepcional’, alhora que va culpar al govern central de Madrid per negar-se a participar en les converses sobre el futur de Catalunya”.
A més, el text de Bloomberg assenyala que “dintre d’una plataforma independentista amb grups separatistes, Mas planteja la cita electoral com un referèndum de facto sobre la secessió d'Espanya”, i destaca que “ell s'ha compromès a declarar la independència d'aquí a dos anys si és capaç de formar una majoria”.
L’article també afirma que “les eleccions catalanes són un desafiament al primer ministre Mariano Rajoy,
mentre es prepara per fer campanya a les eleccions nacionals per a un
segon mandat, a finals d'any. El Partit Popular de Rajoy sosté que
qualsevol moviment cap a la independència violaria la Constitució
Espanyola, i diu que sortir d'Espanya portaria Catalunya a sortir de
l’euro”.
Finalment, destaca que “líders independentistes de tot l'espectre polític han deixat de banda les seves diferències
per fer campanya en una sola plataforma, juntament amb personalitats
catalanes com l’entrenador del Bayern Munich, Pep Guardiola”.
Catalan President Artur Mas
called for early elections in his region for Sept. 27, setting up a
fresh clash with the central government in Madrid over his drive to
break up Spain.
Mas signed the voting order Monday night in a televised event from
Barcelona, describing the coming vote as “exceptional” while blaming
central government in Madrid for refusing to engage in talks over the
future of Catalonia.
“When a majority wants to exercise its right to decide, and is denied
this right, we have an exceptional situation,” he said in his televised
speech on Catalan network TV3.
With separatist groups running on a joint pro-independence platform,
Mas is framing the ballot as a de facto referendum on secession from
Spain. He has pledged to declare independence within two years if he can
form a majority.
The regional Catalan vote is a challenge to Prime Minister Mariano
Rajoy as he prepares to campaign for a second term in national elections
due by year’s end. Rajoy’s People’s Party argues that any move toward
independence would violate the Spanish constitution, and says that
leaving Spain would result in Catalonia’s losing the euro.
“The single platform by pro-independence parties substantially
increases the chances of full confrontation between Catalonia and the
central government,” said Antonio Barroso, a London-based political
analyst at Teneo Intelligence. “But it’s unclear whether the
pro-independence list will be able to reach an absolute majority.”
Support for Catalan independence has waned as Spain’s recovery
gathers pace. With the economy forecast to grow at the fastest pace in
eight years, opinion polls point to no overall majority for either camp.
Pro-independence leaders from across the political spectrum have set
aside their differences to campaign on a single platform along with
Catalan personalities such as Bayern Munich soccer coach Pep Guardiola.
Change of Leader
Rajoy’s party has responded by replacing
Catalan regional PP leader, Alicia Sanchez-Camacho, with Xavier
Garcia-Albiol, the former mayor of Badalona, a municipality in
Barcelona. Garcia-Albiol has built a reputation for being a tough-talker
and his anti-immigration views have sparked controversy.
Albert Rivera, who heads Barcelona-based pro-business party
Ciudadanos, said the election was a trick by Mas to distract Catalans
from his poor management of the regional economy. Anti-austerity Podemos
says Catalans have the right to decide, but that it wants the region to
stay a part of Spain.
Pro-independence groups would together gain 56 seats, short of the
68-seat majority needed to form a government in Catalonia’s regional
parliament, according to a poll for La Razon newspaper published July
27. Pro-union parties, including the PP, the Socialists and Ciudadanos,
would gain 55 seats.
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