The first secretary of the PSC and candidate for the inauguration, Salvador Illa, has opened the door to an “improvement of financing in Catalonia” and has assured that the government “will assist in this task.” This is what he said at the 15th meeting of the Baix Llobregat PSC Federation.
With these words, Illa responded to ERC general secretary Marta Rovira, who defended this this morning The key to the investiture in the Generalitat is Pedro Sánchez and Moncloa, whom he has warned “will have to move forward with one-off financing.”
The ERC, which has the most important votes to decide who will be the next president, Illa or Puigdemont, has not closed the door to investing the socialist, as long as he meets two requirements: start managing an agreed referendum and agree on special funding for Catalonia.
Shortly after this statement from Rovira, Illa showed herself open to giving in to this last request, and ensured that “Catalonia is not the third [comunidad] in providing resources and the fourteenth in receiving them. What we are asking for is not a privilege, it is a matter of justice,” he added, endorsing the proposal for unique funding.
“We know that the government of Spain is ready to listen to us, because it wants to respond to the uniqueness of Catalonia and the plurality of Spain,” said Illa, who clarified that for that to happen, a government is needed to “to start the job”.
In the same way, Illa has asked the parties for “sensitivity, commitment and responsibility” to avoid a blockage in the investiture session, scheduled for next Tuesday, June 25 and in which everything indicates that the Speaker of Parliament, Josep Rull ( Junts) will give the socialist the task of forming the government.