Salvador Illa respects the Sijena ruling and leaves it up to the MNAC to protect the works.

The president of the Generalitat (Catalan Government), Salvador Illa, asserted that he respects the Supreme Court ruling ordering the MNAC (National Council of Catalonia) to return the Sijena works to Aragon and will not obstruct them, but he expressed his "concern" that this could put them at risk. However, he considered the debate to be "technical."