Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont’s last-minute demands are delaying the amnesty agreement and threaten to make it impossible for Pedro Sanchez to be inaugurated as prime minister this week as the Socialists had planned.
When everyone in the PSOE already considered the deal closed (the idea was to introduce the bill into parliament late last week), Juntos leader Pela Catalunya decided to hit the brakes and demand that the amnesty cover more than just the independence of leaders. activists directly involved in organizing the illegal 2017 referendum, as well as those participating in parallel processes. “We will not carry out an amnesty only for VIPs,” Puigdemont’s right-hand man warned.
Sánchez, remember, needs the votes of Catalan independents to be invested as prime minister, a fact that yesterday prompted Popular Party (opposition) leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo to accuse the Socialist leader of “buying votes with public money.” .
Author: Ricardo Ramos
Source: CM Jornal
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