Antoni Bassas' analysis: "Cospedal and Camacho, little justice and much shame."
You and I know that it is most likely that after what they may say, even in the face of evidence that incriminates them for using public money to persecute political adversaries, nothing will end up happening, not only today in Congress, but in the courts.
Today Cospedal and Camacho (remember Dolores de Cospedal and Alícia Sánchez-Camacho, one a minister and general secretary of the PP from 2008 to 2018 and the other from La Camarga?) will appear in Congress, in the commission of inquiry into Operation Catalonia. RAC1 broadcast this morning new audio recordings of Cospedal talking to Villarejo in which they speak highly of Camacho and congratulate each other because the 2012 elections, which Artur Mas brought forward and caused him to lose twelve deputies, had gone well for the party. patriotic police, with the false information he spread about Catalan politicians.
I hope I'm wrong, but you and I know that it's likely that, despite what they say, even in the face of evidence incriminating them for using public money to persecute political opponents, nothing will end up happening, not only today in Congress, but also in the courts. The impunity with which the sewers of the State and the right-wing and far-right judiciary have operated during the Process has been scandalous, and they have only made headlines in Spain when they have been dealt with first by those within Podemos and then by Pedro Sánchez himself. This is not going to change, not only because of the perennial bias of the Spanish justice system in these matters, but because we are moving towards a world in which, as Fernando Trias de Bes writes today in a major article we published on page 2, "The citizen is no longer a subject of rights, but a potential risk", and therefore the state shields itself against dissent. It seems the most we can hope for is for Cospedal and Camacho to have a bad time or feel some shame. That's all.
And I'll finish. You'll remember that on Friday I was talking to you about the director of the Generalitat in Perpignan, Christopher Person, who appeared before the Parliament and said that He doesn't talk about Northern Catalonia Because the French state calls it the Pyrénées-Orientales. Well, all his predecessors in office in Perpignan—except one, because she's dead—have signed a letter calling for his dismissal, due to the "arrogance and ignorance" he displays. They also denounce his saying that Catalan isn't spoken in the northern regions. France's centralist approach is well known, but even now that this is Catalan France, it's accepted by the force of reality. Just look at that image of a crane in the Pyrénées-Orientales (with the four-bar symbol) and, on the trailer, the phrase: "The Catalan accent of the French Republic."
With icy indifference, which I don't know if it hid shyness or arrogance or both, Christopher Person demonstrated that he does not believe in the position he holds and, therefore, should be dismissed by the Isla government.
Good morning.
