The investiture of Salvador Illa, scheduled for this Thursday, hangs by a thread in the face of the announced return of the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont. And the JxCat leader is putting everything on one card. Beyond the fact that the plenary session is delayed due to a more than foreseeable arrest of the pro-independence leader, the staging is essential.
Yesterday, Puigdemont said loud and clear: “I have to be there and I want to be there.” His objective is none other than to get a bath of masses before entering the Parliament, leaving aside his more than probable arrest. ERC has already made it clear that however much the investiture plenary session is delayed, its vote and its pact with the PSC will not change, so Illa, sooner rather than later, will be invested as president.
However, if Puigdemont files a habeas corpus petition against his arrest, the magistrate in charge of resolving it has up to 24 hours by law to decide whether to revoke the detention.
And with everything up in the air and uncertainty as the main theme, today’s day begins in Catalonia.