All pro-independence candidates pledge in writing not to govern with the PSC

BarcelonaJxCat, ERC, CUP and PDECat have committed in writing this Wednesday not to govern with the Catalan Socialist party (PSC) after the elections. The text that they have validated does not leave room for interpretation: "Whatever the correlation of forces arising from the polls, in no case will the formation of government be agreed with the PSC," the document states.

They have done so at the request of Catalans per la Independència, an entity formed by former critical leaders of ANC that has demanded that pro-independence parties commit unequivocally to "continue moving towards independence" and not lose "credibility" before the voters with future pacts with the Socialists, according to the manifesto to which ARA has had access. In this sense, it claims to "confront" those "responsible for the repression" that Catalonia suffers, in allusion also to the PSC.

The manifesto was signed by the candidates of all pro-independence parties, including Primàries. In the case of ERC, it was signed by the president of the parliamentary group, Sergi Sabrià, due to "schedule problems" of its candidate, Pere Aragonès, axplains Maria Mas, who leads Catalans per la Independència.

The manifesto arises, as its promoters explain, to encourage the mobilisation of the pro-independence electorate. They are "concerned" about the high abstention that may affect these elections due to the pandemic, but also about the post-electoral agreements that may arise after the elections and which are not in the line of "materialising the Republic". The will is to clear doubts, basically, about the possibility of a coalition between ERC, PSC and En comú, despite the fact that the first two have already vetoed each other.

"All actions that help to visualise the usefulness of filling the ballot boxes with pro-independence votes and blocking the way to a PSC government, with the setback on the road to independence that this would mean, can stimulate the electorate to participate", they highlighted in a later statement to justify this initiative.