In a TV address from the headquarters of the Catalan government in Barcelona, northeast Spain, Carles Puigdemont said King Felipe had missed an opportunity to mediate in the political and constitutional crisis that has engulfed the country.
“You disappointed many people in Catalonia who were expecting a call to dialogue,” Puigdemont said, after an unexpectedly hardline TV address by the King on Tuesday night.
“We need mediation,” he said. “This conflict needs to be resolved in a political way, not with police.”
He directed parts of his address to Spaniards in other parts of the nation, to the king, and to Catalonians.
Puigdemont is expected to formally declare independence on Monday, after 90% of voters in last Sunday’s referendum opted for a split — a result that was followed by clashes between citizens and Spanish police.
The President urged calm.
“Let’s not allow other people to provoke us. Let’s not fall into provocations of violence,” he said.
His remarks came as the Catalans’ standoff with Madrid deepened Wednesday. Spain’s highest court summoned the chief of the Catalan police to answer accusations of sedition, or provoking a rebellion against the state.
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Josep Lluís Trapero was called to testify in Madrid on Friday: Spanish authorities believe Trapero’s 17,000-strong force did not do enough to prevent the banned referendum from taking place. Sedition by public officials carries a 15-year sentence in Spain.
He was was ordered to appear with three others: his deputy Teresa Laplana and the leaders of pro-independence groups Catalan National Assembly and Omnium Cultural, Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sanchez.
On Tuesday the
King of Spain delivered a stern warning in a TV address, saying Catalan leaders had acted “outside the law” and accusing them of “unacceptable disloyalty” for pressing ahead with their moves towards secession.
Puigdemont is due to address the Catalan Parliament Monday, in a session called to “discuss the results of the referendum on October 1 and its effects,” a statement from the parliament said.
It will be Puigdemont’s first opportunity to make a formal declaration of independence under the Catalan referendum law that was ruled illegal by Spain’s top court.
Such a move would severely test the government of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. If Madrid decides that Catalonia is acting unconstitutionally, Rajoy could invoke emergency powers to take control of the Catalan government.
That would almost certainly require officers from the Guardia Civil, the national security force, to be deployed again on the streets of Catalonia. Thousands are on standby in the port of Barcelona, and their redeployment would be highly provocative after they led a violent crackdown of Sunday’s referendum.
Business groups rattled
The prospect of a rupture in Spain’s young democracy — the dictatorship of Francisco Franco ended only in 1975 — has rattled business groups.
The Spanish business lobby group, Cercle d’Economia, said it was concerned by the prospect of a declaration of independence and called for both sides to start talks. “Such a declaration would plunge the country into an extraordinarily complex situation with unknown, but very serious consequences,” the group said in a statement reported by Reuters Wednesday.
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The developments have also alarmed the European Union, which has so far supported Madrid. Speaking at a debate on Catalonia in the European Parliament on Wednesday, European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans called for dialogue. “All lines of communication must stay open. It’s time to talk to find a way out of the impasse,” he said.
Timmermans backed the Spanish government’s stance: “This is an internal matter for Spain that has to be dealt with in line with the constitutional order of Spain,” he said.
But he lamented Sunday’s events, when the Guardia Civil raided polling stations, fired rubber bullets and dragged people out of voting centers. “Violence does not solve anything in politics,” he said.
The referendum and its aftermath has split Catalans. Some 90% of voters backed a split from Spain, but turnout was only around 42%, largely because anti-independence Catalans did not show up.
Barcelona taxi driver Ana Maria Lopez, who opposes a split, said Puigdemont “thinks he’s a king” and said a declaration of independence would be meaningless: “Him declaring independence is like me declaring ‘From tomorrow I’m a princess’,” she told CNN.
But like many in Catalonia, she was critical of the central government in Madrid, saying its poor handling of the situation had made things worse.
Anti-independence groups staged a small demonstration in Barcelona on Wednesday evening. About 200 people gathered in front of Spanish government buildings, chanting “You are not alone” and “This is our police” to the officers from the Spanish National Police and Guardia Civil who guard the buildings.
