The bizarre appearance and escape of former President of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont on August 8 in Barcelona has brought shame to the Mossos d’Esquadra, and as new details come to light, the worst place remains. Catalan police.
Today, the secretary general of Junts, Jordi Turull, reported that the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont had decided not to attend the inauguration of the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, “given the impossibility” of access to Parliament by the police force deployed by the Mossos d’Esquadra around the Catalan Chamber.
Specifically, Turull explained in an interview with Rac1 collected by Ep that Puigdemont had the idea of going to Parliament at some point during the investiture session, but changed his mind due to the police presence deployed: “Puigdemont’s objective was always enter parliament“.
According to Turull, Puigdemont left by car from the Arc de Triomf neighborhood of Barcelona, where the welcoming ceremony of the former president took place, to hide in an apartment in the neighborhood to “wait” and decide whether to go to the meeting. investment or not. Until now, it was assumed that his departure in the white car that the Mossos had lost track of on the Paseo de Circunvalación had been to cross the border directly. It was not like that.
Around noon and 1 p.m., Puigdemont, accompanied by Turull, made the decision to leave Catalonia, after which he changed apartments to be able to begin his road to Waterloo (Belgium), although he remained in the Catalan capital until 8 pm that same day, by which time the Mossos’ “Operation Cage” had already been deactivated. It is not known whether this wait took place on the same floor where he had hidden in the days before the inauguration or on another one.
Former Catalan President has left Barcelona sitting in the back of a car, although Turull would not detail the route they took for “security” reasons.
Asked about the political objective of the action, Turull defended that the “confrontation” had been chosen and that Puigdemont wanted to prevent the Mossos from arresting a former president of the Generalitat. “The one who gave pain and made a fool of himself “It was the political leadership of the Mossos,” and he assured that he was very surprised by the subsequent press conference of the current Minister of the Interior Joan Ignasi Elena (ERC) to explain the device.
