Père Aragonès leaves. The President of the Generalitat until the new appointment and still leader of the ERC has announced to his party his intention not to assume the position of deputy and to give up all political responsibilities. “I am leaving the front line of politics,” said Aragonès, who also indicated that Esquerra has accepted Sunday's result and will therefore switch to the opposition.
However, the Republican has not made it clear what the role of the ERC will be in the agreements that will now have to be drawn up to achieve an investiture. “ERC will be an element of unlocking,” said Aragonès, who also warned, however: “We will not be there to facilitate an investiture of the PSC and we will not participate in operations that require the agreement between PSC and Junts .”
In this way, Aragonès has refused to let his party have the final say on the investiture and has left Illa's future in the hands of the Junts. “The opposition to the left-wing and republican government has won”; has noted. However, he has left the door open for ERC not to block Illa's investiture, something that could mean abstention.
“Responsibility and honesty have been the two values that have defined my time in politics,” said Aragonès. “I'm starting a new phase with the same dedication, but from a different place,” he explained. What he will devote himself to in the coming weeks, he said, is helping with the transition and relieving the burden on both the government and the management of the ERC. That is why he has left the succession race open, despite the fact that the intentions are not known by Oriol Junqueras.
ERC reunited its permanent party on Monday, after achieving a result in the elections that party sources themselves described as a “batacaca”. The Republicans, who have lost thirteen seats, announced this Sunday that they would switch to the opposition and therefore refrain from participating in the next government, without making a decision on possible treaties.
As for what the party will do in the new scenario opened on Sunday, Aragonès has assured that it will have to make “collective decisions” to “strengthen the project.” However, the President has assured that “it is up to the PSC and the Junts to decide what they want to do” and “understand each other to unblock this situation”.