The Junts foundation is finally underway, with Laura Borràs as its academic director. The former Speaker of Parliament will be the face of Fundem la República, which emerged from what was the think tank Democrats – now integrated into Junts –. The disqualification imposed on him by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia in the case of the Institution of Catalan Letters prevents her from being its president. The Catalan Civil Code establishes that to preside over a foundation it is necessary to be a patron, and that Those disqualified from holding public office cannot occupy this position., as is the case with Borràs. The foundation, which was officially presented this Friday, has chosen this formula so that Borràs can direct the day-to-day running of the entity from its executive branch without being a trustee, as was originally planned. when she stepped aside for Carles Puigdemont to return to preside over Junts. The objective is for Fundem to serve as a "laboratory of ideas" for the party and provide it with material for reflection and debate so that it can establish a political position.

The Superior Prosecutor's Office of Catalonia has opposed pardoning the former president of the Parliament Laura Borràs, sentenced to four and a half years in prison and 13 years of disqualification for malfeasance and falsification of documents when he headed the Institution of Catalan Letters (ILC). Among other reasons, because Borràs's conviction is due to "an attitude of abuse of power" for favoring the economic benefit of a friend. "We are facing a crime that falls under the concept of administrative corruption and, therefore, hardly susceptible to benefiting from the right of pardon," says the prosecutor's report. It also reproaches him for claiming "without any shame, to have been the victim of judicial persecution" for his political ideas: "He presents himself as a victim of lawfare who has committed the crime with absolute abuse of authority and contempt for the law."

The High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has formalized the request for a partial pardon for Laura Borràs, sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison for prevarication and document falsification, and has suspended her sentence pending the Spanish government's decision on the pardon. The civil and criminal division of the court, which in his sentence for the splitting of contracts The former Speaker of Parliament and former leader of Junts, who had already proposed a pardon, has submitted the request to the Ministry of Justice. asked the TSJC to take the step –although he had initially said he would not do so– after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction on February 10 and rejected the amnesty. And this week The Prosecutor's Office had already endorsed that for the moment he does not have to go to prison. "In order to avoid possible harm to the convicted person in the event of a favorable resolution to the pardon request, I do not oppose the suspension of the sentence," the public prosecutor's office ruled.

The Public Prosecutor's Office supports the suspension of the prison sentence of former Speaker of the Catalan Parliament, Laura Borràs, while the pardon petition filed by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) is processed. The former president of Junts was also sentenced to four and a half years in prison for contract splitting while she was president of the Institution of Catalan Letters (ILC). In a statement, the Public Prosecutor's Office states: "The Public Prosecutor's Office, in order to avoid possible harm to the convicted person in the event of a favorable resolution to the pardon petition, does not oppose the suspension of the imposed prison sentence." In this regard, the Public Prosecutor's Office emphasizes that this suspension must be linked to the TSJC submitting the pardon petition to the Spanish government. The pardon measure would annul the prison sentence, but not the disqualification and fine.

Former Catalan Parliament Speaker Laura Borràs has asked the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) to process her pardon and forward it to the Spanish government, which will then have to decide whether or not to grant it. The judges themselves had already proposed reducing the four-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed on Borràs for the splitting of contracts at the Catalan Institution of Letters (ILC) with a partial pardon, and now her defense team is asking the court to suspend the sentence until the Spanish government makes a statement. This request represents a reversal of the script by the former Catalan Parliament Speaker, who previously said she would not make the request.

The Supreme Court This week, the sentence of four and a half years in prison was confirmed -in addition to 13 years of disqualification and a fine of 36,000 euros- for Laura Borràs for the crimes of prevarication and falsification of documents in the case of the Institution of Catalan Letters. In the sentence that the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) wrote almost two years ago, however, Pardon was recommended for the former speaker of the Parliament, a pardon that has already been endorsed by the Public Prosecutor's Office and which is the decision of the Spanish government. Would Pedro Sánchez's executive be willing to do so? This Saturday, the second vice president and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, spoke out on the matter, refusing to grant this measure of clemency in cases related to corruption. In an interview on Catalunya Ràdio and asked about this issue, Díaz replied: "These exceptional measures should not be accompanied by issues linked, presumably, to corruption."

Does the case of Laura Borràs have anything to do with the Trial? No. At least, not directly. Does the sentence that the Supreme Court has now confirmed have anything to do with the ideology of the convicted woman? Yes, of course. The Spanish justice system has made it easy for us to affirm this: almost all the judicial bodies that have decided on separatists have shown a bias of the last trench of the unity of Spain that makes it common sense to affirm that regarding a notorious separatist, such as Laura Borràs, it will be difficult for justice to act with the required impartiality.

The Supreme Court confirmed the sentence of 4 and a half years in prison, 13 years of disqualification and 36,000 euros of fine for Laura Borràs for the splitting of contracts at the head of the Institution of Catalan Letters (ILC). The high court unanimously overturns the decision the appeal filed by the defense of the former president of the Parliament against the ruling of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) and rejects the application of amnesty to him: he argues that the law is not applicable to corruption crimes that are not related to the Trial. The ruling, which is now final, is for the crimes of prevarication and falsification of documents.

On October 23, a few days before the Junts congress to renew the leadership, Carles Puigdemont announced his step forward for the presidency of the party and Laura Borràs on her desire to take on leadership of a new foundation linked to Junts. An entity that until then was linked to Democrats, Toni Castellà's party. Now, three months after the conclave, Borràs is still not president of the foundation. In fact, just last week the party's executive proposed her name, but the appointment will still take weeks to arrive, according to the sources consulted.

There are fifteen days left before the ultimatum Together for Catalonia (JxCat) gave its coalition partner Republican Left of Catalonia to redirect the course of the Government elapses, and negotiations to save the coalition are underway. This Wednesday, as reported by El Periódico and confirmed by the ARA, Catalan president Pere Aragonès (ERC) met with JxCat's president and secretary general, Laura Borràs and Jordi Turull, to discuss the coalition's continuity. On the table there are three proposals from JxCat: recovering meetings between parties and pro-independence organisations to weave together a unitary strategy; to coordinate parliamentary groups in the Spanish parliament; and making the negotiating table really about amnesty and self-determination. The deadline to reach a pact is the general policy debate –which begins on September 27–, since it is there that an eventual agreement between the two coalition partners can take shape in order to continue their joint path or, on the contrary, a definitive split will be revealed.

She arrives at Pla de l'Os in a wheelchair, gets up and walked with crutches until she can sit on one of the chairs. She is dressed in blue, wearing sunglasses, her hands are shaking and she cannot stop crying. Once she is seated, she is handed a framed photograph. It is her son's, Julian, one of those killed in the August 17, 2017 attack in Barcelona, when he was only seven years old. Her name is Jumaine but everyone calls her Jom. Her legs were left shattered by the attack and it wasn't until three days later that she found out Julian was gone. Hers is the most moving, the most terrible image of the tribute paid today to the victims of that attack. The victims lay flowers. Robert Manrique, a tireless fighter for the rights of victims of all terrorist attacks, has come along with his three grandchildren, Dominic and Andrea, four, and Ramses, two, and they too lay a flower. Jom can't stop crying, and everyone she meets tries to console her. It is impressive to think what must be going on inside those people who step on Miró's mural, right where the van that destroyed their lives stopped. Mental strength, integrity, dignity. I remember that in the memorial held on the first anniversary, in 2018, Xavi Martínez was present. He is the father of Xavi, the three-year-old boy who also died. This year he announced on social media that he would not attend. He does not agree with the political management of the attacks nor with the sentence regarding the involvement of the Ripoll jihadist cell. In fact, there is a large group of people who, on the fringes of the event, make their voices heard: "We want to know the truth!" they shout.

The last decision by PSC, ERC and CUP bureau members before Parliament broke up for the summer was to apply Article 25.4 of the rules of procedure and suspend Laura Borràs as an MP and as speaker. When it seemed that this episode was closed at least until September –when negotiations between JxCat and ERC to agree on Borràs's replacement will begin– JxCat registered a request for the bureau to reconsider and reject the Speaker's suspension. The party warns that they "will exhaust all administrative routes before going before European courts", the first of which is to appeal to Spain's Constitutional Court (TC).

When emotion occupies all the space in the exercise of politics, rationality and good government are thrown out of the window. Perhaps it will end up being true that the Catalan people is extremely sentimental and perhaps Gaziel's remarks between sighs about the inability to do politics have become blatantly obvious. The point is that in Catalonia we are experiencing an excess of psychodramas and a deficit of results.

Together for Catalonia (JxCat) leader Laura Borràs was suspended this Tuesday as an MP and speaker as a result of her indictment in the Institution of Catalan Letters case. (ILC) The parties represented in parliament's governing body, the parliamentary bureau, have decided to apply article 25.4 of the chamber's regulations, which provides for the suspension of parliamentarians appearing in court accused of crimes linked to corruption. Borràs will be tried over alleged crimes of malfeasance and forgery. The prosecution argues that she favoured a friend when she was director of the ICL, splitting contracts to be able to award them without putting them out to tender. However, Borràs claims it is "political repression".

A Catalan High Court Judge has decided this Tuesday to send Catalan Speaker Laura Borràs to trial in the case of the Institution of Catalans Letters (ILC), where she has been accused of malfeasance and forgery. The Prosecutor's Office is asking for a six-year prison sentence and a 21-year ban from office, as it considers that she deliberately split contracts when she directed the ILC to avoid oversight and benefit a friend, who has also been indicted in the case. A third person, who the Public Prosecutor's Office defines as "necessary collaborator", has also been indicted.

JxCat MP and vice-president Francesc de Dalmases rebuked a FAQS journalist on July 9th after the programme interviewed Catalan Speaker Laura Borràs, Nació Digital and eldiario.es reported and witnesses have confirmed to ARA. According to these sources, Dalmases grabbed the journalist by the wrist and took her to a room where guests usually wait and shouted at her, scolding her over the questions asked on the set about the current court case looking into Borràs's alleged splitting of contracts during her time at the Institució de les Lletres Catalanes (ILC). Another FAQS worker followed them when she saw the tension, but they closed the door in her face and she was unable to get in. Inside, in addition to Dalmases and the journalist, was Speaker Borràs, her chief of staff, Salvador Esteve; and another member of her team, Pep Elias.

One of the most debated points of the case affecting Speaker Laura Borràs is whether it is a case of corruption. It is not only important in political terms, but also for the purposes of what Article 25.4 of the chamber's regulations states: that MPs appearing in court for "crimes linked to corruption" have to be suspended from their rights and duties immediately by the parliamentary bureau. Borràs has said from the outset that she does not feel "questioned" by this article because she has not committed any crimes, but following the Prosecutor's Office's indictment this Thursday there are more elements which can be analysed: it is now known what crimes the public prosecutor is accusing her of (malfeasance and forgery) the Parliamentary bureau will have to determine whether they are linked to corruption to decide on Borràs's future.

Six years in prison, a 21-years ban from office and a €144,000 fine: this is the sentence the Public Prosecutor's Office is seeking for Catalan Speaker Laura Borràs, for allegedly splitting contracts to avoid scrutiny when she was director of the Institution of Catalan Letters. She stands accused of administrative misfeasance and forgery with the aggravating factor of her public position. However, charges of embezzlement and administrative fraud have been dropped despite the fact that the Catalan High Court had at first accepted to hear the accusation's case relating to these crimes. In view of this, the Speaker's party, Together for Catalonia (JxCat), has again closed ranks with its president: "So much disproportion proves it is a case of political persecution. We give all our support and stand by your side," said the party's secretary general, Jordi Turull. On the other hand, JxCat's coalition partner in the Catalan government, Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), reiterated that Borràs should "consider" taking a step aside.

ERC redoubles the pressure on Speaker Laura Borràs, who is one step away from appearing in court accused of splitting contracts to avoid regulatory controls when she was the head of the Institution of Catalan Letters (ILC). Catalana president Pere Aragonès did not bite his tongue this Monday and affirmed the crimes Borràs is accused of "are what they are". "What I can tell you is what we would do in ERC. The institution would be put first and she would be removed. Her innocence would be defended and, if she were cleared, she would be restored to her responsibilities," Aragonès added in an interview on Onda Cero. The president also remarked that the accusation against Borràs is "very different" to the cases related to the 2017 Independence referendum.

The court case that affects Speaker Laura Borràs starred in today's parliamentary session. The issue was brought up by the PP and Vox, who requested the Speaker's immediate resignation, but the main result is that they have forced president Aragonès to comment on the case during Government questions. The issue is quite thorny for Aragonès, as it strains the relationship between coalition partners ERC and JxCat. Aragonès avoided saying precisely what Borràs should do, but he has sent a first message: "I am sure that everyone will make the decision best suited to their vocation of public service".