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Junqueras outlines his roadmap

The leader of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Oriol Junqueras, yesterday delivered his plan to achieve independence, a substantially different roadmap from that of President Mas, with the common end goal of independence, as we know, and by means of a parallel path with proposed elections, as suspected. The Republican proposal is based more on the conviction of leadership with a large social base, while Artur Mas' idea seeks the goal of solid political leadership. These two concepts are not necessarily incompatible but are difficult to integrate within a single political proposal, which in principle removes the possibility of a broad spectrum country list, although it may not mean discarding the promotion of a country list beyond party ties, and neither can we deduce that these separate routes do not have enough fundamental unity in their aims.

Catalonia is at a crucial moment in its history and any political step aimed at joining forces and efforts (and since yesterday it is clear that there are at least two ways of taking this step) should be based totally on a trust far beyond the political programme, the patriotic ideal and the end goals that they might have in common. It is here, in consolidating the solidification of separatist forces, where a lot of work must be done over the next few weeks, because in addition to a specific way of presenting candidacy for crucial elections, there is the way of working to fulfill the people's mandate. And this mandate, if it is sovereignty that awaits, cannot be built on suspicion or distrust.

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