The first secretary of the PSC, Salvador Illa, showed this Sunday that he was ‘eager’ to govern Catalonia with ERC and Commons to, among others, solve the housing problem.
Salvador Illa, leader of the PSC
According to the ACN, during the closing of the XIV Congress of the Barcelona PSC, Illa repeated the accusation to Junts of seeking an electoral repeat: ‘They don’t like the result and want to repeat the party until it goes well for them’, he opinionated Illa summarized that removing the tourist flats and approving the amnesty are examples of ‘doing politics’. With an eye on France, he has also called to stop the extreme right.
The desire to govern Catalonia
Salvador Illa, leader of the PSC
During his intervention at the closing of the Congress of Socialists in Barcelona, Illa insisted that the public voted, in the Catalan elections, for a left-wing government: ‘They have clearly said that they want a government of PSC, ERC and Commons’ , stressed the socialist leader. Illa has also stated that he is ‘very keen’ to extend the policies to solve the housing problem beyond Barcelona, and to do so throughout Catalonia. In addition, Illa added that, from the result of May 12, the PSC must ‘lead’ the Government, but not alone, but with republicans and commoners, based on ‘generosity and humility’, and to seek ‘ points in common’. The first socialist secretary has also criticized Junts, although without mentioning them, for seeking a repeat election: ‘There are some who don’t like the results and want to repeat the party until it goes well for them. This is not what democracy is about’, he said.
The call to the extreme right
Salvador Illa, leader of the PSC
In addition, Illa has asked the judiciary to ‘respect the space of the legislative power’ and to apply the amnesty, which has been approved, he remarked, by an absolute majority in Congress. “Say to the judiciary: we respect you, you have a very important function and we respect your decision-making space, but also that it respects the space of the legislative power”, he expressed, at the same time assuring that the Amnesty Law is clear and explicit in the will of the measure and its consequences, and that is why it has demanded to respect a decision taken by one of the main powers of democracy, which is the legislature.
Jaume Collboni and the Neighborhood Plan
Jaume Collboni, mayor of Barcelona
For his part, the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, who also spoke at the event, also spoke about the French elections, and claimed the Neighborhood Plan as an ‘antidote’ against the ultra-right and populisms with the classic slogan ‘They won’t pass!’ Collboni has claimed ‘transformative policies’ as the ‘best vaccine’ against extremism, populism and the extreme right. And he highlighted his Neighborhood Plan as the ‘best antidote’ against the ultra-right. The day after the demonstrations, also in Barcelona, against the massification of tourism, Collboni said that eliminating tourist flats is ‘a way of combating’ extremism. The new first secretary of the party in Barcelona, Sara Jaurrieta, also took part in the closing ceremony.