The CUP and its position regarding an investiture of Salvador Illa
The CUP has warned ERC that it would be ‘teasing people’ if they facilitated an investiture of Salvador Illa. During the electoral campaign, the CUP stated that they would only invest a president who would ‘lay the foundations’ for a referendum and a fiscal pact. The CUP candidate in the last elections, Laia Estrada, has assured in an interview that she sees a tripartite between the PSC, ERC and the Comuns possible, but considers that this would imply ‘going back on the issues that have been put on the table a long time ago. some weeks’.
Laia Estrada’s position on a hypothetical tripartite
Laia Estrada has made it clear that the CUP would not join a hypothetical tripartite. According to her, the PSC has become the most right-wing and Spanishist party in history, getting closer to Rivera than to Maragall. Although Estrada sees a tripartite between the PSC, ERC and the Comuns possible, she considers that this would not be an option for the CUP.
Meeting between Laia Estrada and Carles Puigdemont
Laia Estrada has announced that she will meet telematically with Carles Puigdemont to discuss the investiture of the next president of the Generalitat. Puigdemont has expressed his intention to run for office and seek the support of ERC and the CUP. However, to be president, he would also need at least the abstention of the PSC.
Laia Estrada’s skeptical stance on the abstention of the PSC
Laia Estrada is skeptical about the possibility that the PSC’s abstention will serve to advance towards independence. According to her, Junts has to explain what it would get in exchange for the Catalan socialists’ abstention. Estrada warns that if abstention is to facilitate a Government that consists of restoring the old Convergència and pursuing autonomist politics, the CUP will not facilitate it. Without giving more details about the meeting with Puigdemont, Estrada avoids raising expectations or forcing time.
The CUP’s search for its own parliamentary group
The CUP is studying how to get its own parliamentary group to avoid sharing a mixed group with the Islamophobic party Aliança Catalana. According to Estrada, Aliança Catalana is an enemy of the independence cause and seeks division. The CUP wants to avoid this situation at all costs.