A group of opponents of independence boycotts a rally in Barcelona due to the earthquake in Morocco
The anti-independence supporters received the municipal delegation with shouts of “Puigdemont to prison” and “out, out, out”
The mayor of the Catalan capital, Jaume Collboni, considers it “inadmissible” that they have not respected the minute of silence
A group of people contrary to independencewho had gathered in the Plaza Sant Jaume de Barcelona summoned by a platform, has boycotted he minutes of silence promoted by the City Council in memory of the victims of the earthquake in Morocco.
An anti-sovereignty platform had called for rallies in Catalan and Spanish town halls this Sunday to protest a possible negotiation of a amnesty law between the Executive and the pro-independence parties.
Jaume Collboni sees the action as “inadmissible”
This concentration coincided with the minute of silence that Barcelona City Council had called in tribute to the victims of the earthquake and in solidarity with families and the injured.
The anti-independence activists, who were exclaiming “Puigdemont to prison” Before the start of the minute of silence, they received the procession, led by the mayor of the Catalan capital, Jaume Collboni, uttering cries of “out, out, out.”
Due to these proclamations, finally, it was not possible to celebrate this minute of silence at the doors of the Barcelona City Council, which had the support of Moroccan associations. Already inside, and in statements to the media, Jaume Collboni has described this fact as “inadmissible”:
“We are in a democracy, we are a free country, there is freedom of expression and we must respect it but, above all, we must respect the memory of the more than 2,000 people who have lost their lives in a humanitarian drama such as the earthquake in Morocco. “said the mayor of Barcelona.
Collboni added: “I think is inadmissible that at least the minute of silence that the victims deserve, as well as the Moroccan community in Barcelona and Catalonia, has not been respected.”
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2023-09-10 13:54:22
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