What happens the 1 of October in Catalonia will only accentuate the process of independence, whether or not to carry out the referendum; whether or not the road map of the secessionist parties is imposed. That will be the moment in which the war of positions is consumed by the clash of legitimacies of democratic power.
The political story of the parties and civil associations for independence is based on two arguable assumptions. The first, from which the right to decide is justified, is that the Spanish State has historically subdued and relegated the Catalans. The message of “Spain robs us and prevents the will of the majority from being expressed” has permeated a large number of citizens, thanks also to the inestimable and interested collaboration of that sociological Francoism that characterizes the Popular Party (PP).
The second is the assertion that there are precepts of international law to create certain appearance of legitimacy to the path chosen for the referendum. In this sense, the appeal to the right to self-determination the palm leads to for its banalization. A right that only applies when the human rights of a people are violated by a national or foreign force whose territory has been occupied – colonized. This is objective reality of Catalonia? If you think so, then one might ask: how does this reality resemble that of the Saharawi, Palestinian or Kurdish people? Más…
