The former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont conveyed this Wednesday to the president of Junts, Laura Borràs, his desire to regain his position at the head of the party, a move that was already planned. According to a statement from the party, Puigdemont told them in a meeting they held in Waterloo (Belgium), two days before the start of the congress that Junts will hold from Friday to Sunday in Calella (Barcelona). This weekend’s conclave will thus consecrate Puigdemont at the head of the formation with a new direction. For its part, The former president of the Parliament loses executive power and takes charge of the foundation resulting from the merger with the Democratic Party.
Junts faces its political congress starting Friday in Calella with several open fronts in the Congress of Deputies, and there is the conviction that there is only a chance of making some gains if it remains open a line of negotiation with the PSOE. A resultist tactic that turns into a everyone on the attack when Junts plays at home on its home court in Catalonia: in the Parliament there is nothing to talk about with the socialists.
Although during the electoral campaign he promised to leave the forefront of politics if he did not become president of the Generalitat, Puigdemont is committed to continuing to be the main pilot of JxCat. After the Catalan elections on May 12, Puigdemont summoned the Junts deputies in Perpignan (France). The judicial complications to benefit from the amnesty law have restricted Puigdemont’s freedom of movement.
