Girona has a beautiful old town. It's a pleasure to stroll through. Carles Puigdemont enjoyed last Saturday. He went with his wife through alleys of city, passersby applauded, y knocked him on shoulder undmachten selfies with him. No wonder, under guidance of man who strolled through streets, Catalan parliament had just declared independence of Catalonia. In Girona, SeinerHeimatstadt and stronghold of separatists, he was a hero.
Two days later, Puidgemont made up his way to Autowar French border to Marseille, and went on a plane to Brussels. What do DieMenschen in Girona think about fleeing ir president today? "Siewarten AB and do what people have to do now: y gehenihren everyday business," says Felix Martín of Catalunya in Girona.
So wait. It's not easy. Over past few weeks, hundreds of thousands of people have been walking on streets, to demonstrating, sometimes for secession of Catalonia, against m. In Girona, independence was desired as a Aktder redemption. With each passing day suspense increased. What would happen tomorrow?
Well, re is a clear answer to this question. According to article 155 of Spanish VerfassungKatalonien, SpanischeZentralregierung has been subject to compulsory administration and has called elections for 21 December. The thing went up to now surprisingly noiselessly over stage. The separatists have not called ZuMasssendemonstrationen, re has been no sichtbarenzivilen resistance to takeover of regional administration by Madrid. Everything seems quiet. It is as if a circus performance had come to an end. People rub eyes because y are not sure wher y have really seen all akrobatischenVerrenkungen of past few weeks. Was dasalles just into?
First given a state, n left behind?"One should not be deceived," warns Esr Costa, "If we, we can bring people to DieStraße within an hour." Costa is a member of left-wing party Cup in municipal council of Girona. The cup is part of Derkatalanischen government coalition that Ausgerufenhatte independence. In fact, separatists in past again proved that y can Sachemobilisieren hundreds of thousands of people. Neverless, Esr Costas's statement sounds like a holding parole. It is not easy to explain that WarumPräsident Carles Puigdemont left his people, whom he had just "given" a state, leaving alone. Is it possible to mobilize diemas if man at top has made undNebel of it at night? Especially as he did after calling his people inconvoluted words to civilian resistance.
Laia Pèlach, also a member of Cup in Girona, tries to einerAntwort. "It only shows that we are a friedlicheBewegung that has to do with a very oppressive state. We can't defend ourselves any or way. What can he do? " DieStaatsanwaltschaft is charged with Puigdemont for Rebellionerhoben, he is to appear in court in Madrid during week, in worst case threatening him 30 years in prison. But sodramatisch that sounds so contradictory were signals out of Madrid. In last few days it was also zuvernehmen from government circles that Puigdemont may strand in elections of 21 December. At same time two central figures DerSeparatistenbewegung are already in custody in Madrid.
To furr increase confusion: Puigdemont has in Brüsselverkündet that he will accept results of elections of 21 December – say: His party will be sent to Wahlenteilnehmen. This in turn raises questions at Fernando, a student DerUniversität of Girona. "If separatists want to take part in DenWahlen, does that mean that we have KeineUnabhängigkeit? If we have separated from Spain, Danndürften we are not going to participate in elections that SpanischeRegierung calls out?! " Fernando stands toger with four Kommilitonenauf stairs of University of Catalonia. None of Ihnenkann Puigdemonts escape really understand, no one wants to ihndeswegen but condemn. The young men are undecided. On question of how it will go on, Fernando says: "Know, how it will go on personally for me: I will have to find a foreign country. There's no one here. "
On façade of university, re is a transparent, read on side: "Welcome, Catalan Republic!"
Date Of Update: 01 November 2017, 12:02
