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 fact that Aliança Catalana agrees with Vox on practically all proposals to limit or expel immigrants, yet habitually abstains rather than vote in favor of requiring texts to be written in Spanish, is concerning. Llach recalled that Orriols herself stated 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 concluded.