Lluís Llach: "Ílvia Orriols is racist on both sides"

BarcelonaIt's no surprise that Lluís Llach dislikes Aliança Catalana. The singer-songwriter and president of the ANC takes every opportunity to make this clear: this Wednesday, he was interviewed on La 2, where he stated that the party led by Sílvia Orriols is nothing more than "a creation to block the independence movement." With Aliança Catalana in the equation, a pro-independence majority in the Catalan Parliament becomes more complicated, because neither ERC, nor the CUP, nor Junts are willing to form a coalition. "There are many people who might be interested in Aliança," he continued. Besides avoiding parliamentary alliances, Llach also cited the polls. "Everything Aliança gains either comes from Vox or Junts, and damaging Junts is very profitable," he emphasized, referring to the political, economic, and media elites of the Spanish state—and of Catalonia, he added—who, in his opinion, are working to stifle the independence movement. Llach's interpretation is very similar to that of other political leaders: the president of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, has even gone so far as to suggest that Aliança Catalana It could be a creation of the Spanish secret services.

"Having a Catalan Vox doesn't interest me at all," Llach reaffirmed, describing Orriols as "racist on both sides." What did he mean? The Catalan Alliance (ANC) seems to agree with Vox on practically all proposals to limit or expel immigrants, yet it usually abstains rather than vote in favor of requiring texts to be written in Spanish. Llach recalled that Orriols herself argued in Parliament "that she would vote like Vox, but because they are Spanish, she doesn't." "Good heavens, racist through and through," the ANC president emphasized. Llach acknowledged that he has never spoken with Sílvia Orriols and, in fact, has "no interest" in doing so, but expressed his willingness to meet if the ANC requests it. "I don't like the Catalan Alliance's discourse at all," he insisted.

"I feel bad because, as a Catalan nationalist activist, the liberation of Catalonia had never been mixed with fascism outside of small groups. And it angers me at the end of my life to have to witness this spectacle," Llach concluded.