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The clock is now ticking

Turull will appear tomorrow before the Supreme Court judge without having been invested president but with the countdown for elections in motion

The failed first vote in the candidature of Jordi Turull for the presidency of the Generaliat yesterday set the clock in motion and the outcome could be new elections. A countdown with the uncertainty of whether JxCat, ERC and CUP will be able to use the next two months to find common ground from diametrically opposed strategies facing the state repression of the post-process period. The refusal of the CUP to change its four votes which would favour a candidate who tomorrow could possibly be returned to prison by the Supreme Court has left JxCat and ERC without the absolute majority needed for the election of the 131st President of the Generalitat.

The CUP held firm to its warning that its MPs would only change their vote if the was a proposal of government which would lead to a republic. Even the offer of a vote of no-confidence to be held in one month did not sway the anti-capitalists.

Turull’s speech in fact made no mention of the republic and instead offered an outstretched hand to the central government and the monarchy to resolve the crisis with dialogue.

Opposition parties were critical of the proceedings as whole, accusing the pro-independence parties of adapting the parliamentary timetable to suit their own judicial interests. Tomorrow, six MPs including Turull must appear before Judge Pablo Llarena and may be returned to prison. Yesterday, a leaked document sent by the Guardia Civil to the judge claimed that Turull was “extremely relevant in the process.”, as his department was in charge of publicity for the referendum and the “hidden costs” of the October 1 vote.

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