The CUP expresses its disagreement with an investiture of Salvador Illa
The CUP has warned ERC that it would be a “bad taste joke for the people” if they facilitated an investiture of Salvador Illa. This is what Laia Estrada, candidate of the CUP in the last elections, said in an interview on RTVE’s ‘Cafè d’idees’ program. The CUP remembers that during the electoral campaign they stated that they would only invest a president who was committed to holding a referendum and a tax pact. According to Estrada, an investiture of Salvador Illa would not lay the foundations for these objectives (https://www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala/).
The CUP sees the possibility of a tripartite between PSC, ERC and the Commons
Despite the disagreement with an investiture of Salvador Illa, Laia Estrada of the CUP considers the formation of a tripartite between the PSC, ERC and the Commons possible. However, if this option materializes, Estrada believes that it would mean a change of position with respect to the issues raised above. The cupaire emphasizes that the Commons have already affirmed that they will not draw red lines and that ERC has guaranteed governability with the PSC. Despite this, Estrada has made it clear that the CUP would not join this tripartite (https://www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala/).
The CUP will meet with Carles Puigdemont to discuss the investiture
Laia Estrada has announced that she will meet with Carles Puigdemont to discuss the investiture of the next president of the Generalitat. The CUP has stated that it is skeptical of the PSC’s abstention in a Puigdemont investiture, since they do not see how this abstention could contribute to progress towards independence. Estrada asks Junts to explain what he would achieve with the abstention of the Catalan socialists. The elected deputy of the CUP has also stated that her party is studying how to get its own parliamentary group to avoid sharing a mixed group with other political formations (https://www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala /).
The CUP criticizes Aliança Catalana and is looking for its own parliamentary group
Laia Estrada has criticized Aliança Catalana, with whom they currently share a mixed group in Parliament. According to Estrada, Aliança Catalana is an enemy of the pro-independence cause and seeks division. For this reason, the CUP is studying how to get its own parliamentary group to avoid sharing space with this formation. Estrada has affirmed that Aliança Catalana is closer to Rivera than to Maragall, and that they will not facilitate a Government that seeks to restore the old Convergence and pursue autonomist politics.