Laura Borràs he has the Parliament that he presides over in chaos. He is the second authority in Catalonia following the ‘president’ of the Generalitat, but the Catalan Chamber, the entity he heads, lives in a lack of control that is difficult to justify. Yesterday it was made public that the general secretary of Parliament, Esther Andreua trusted person of Borràs, has withdrawn the powers of the Parlament’s senior lawyer, Miquel Palomareswhich had endorsed in a report withdrawing the ‘gold early retirement‘ of this parliamentary institution, which have generated a notable political scandal.
Miquel Palomares proposed in his opinion to support the option of revoking the 12 age licenses granted —but not executed— during 2021. In addition, he pointed to the option of annulling the 21 currently in force, which implied the withdrawal of the ‘early retirement gold’. In his opinion, Palomares warned that the correct policy should be suspend future retirement. Esther Andreu disagreed with this point of view and made it public in the previous Bureau of Parliament, Last Tuesday. Andreu has shown his discontent and has left the current lawyer of the Parlament no effective powers, but not ceased. In addition, he has requested another report on the matter to discredit the previous one.
Open war in Parliament due to the hangover of gold early retirement
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Pulse between the former senior lawyer of the Chamber Antoni Bayona and the secretary, Esther Andreu, when it comes to assuming responsibilities for the lack of transparency of the institution
Let Andreu leave the Parliament In this situation, it demonstrates Borràs’ inability to run Parliament, since Andreu was appointed by her. In fact, the appointment of Andreu was the first operational decision of Borràs, who thought that the previous general secretary, Xavier Wallwas not independent enough.
The problem for Delete is that now his general secretary has gone off the rails: he has not been able to manage the ‘golden pensions’ and now attacks the senior lawyer, Miquel Palomares, without having a clear relief. And on top of that, it has left the senior lawyer, the key figure in the institutional architecture of the Catalan Chamber, questioned: he and his team are the ones who say what the legislative power in Catalonia can or cannot do. Now the Parliament has a senior lawyer who in practice cannot do anything. But that the general secretary is unable to stop. All very chaotic.
Secessionism uncovers pensions to take revenge on senior Parliament officials
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Neither the secretaries, nor the lawyers nor other officials of the Chamber joined the ‘procés’ and the pro-independence politicians were left without incentives to protect this group
And this is carried out by a general secretary who was appointed by Laura Borràs and has her utmost confidence. In fact, events only show that the Juvillà case it was not an isolated phenomenon, that Parliament is out of control and that the credibility of the institution is at a minimum. For a person who aspires to preside over the Generalitatas is the case of Laura Borràs, this entrenched problem is very bad news.
Enemies by land, sea and air
Borràs has only shown that he can make enemies. He has done it with the constitutionalist groups: the PP, Cs and Vox sell in Borràs as a partial president who harms them systematically. When Laura Borras has not been able to fulfill its commitments with the independence movement, has charged once morest the officials of the Parliament, whom he already had once morest for taking perks such as the ‘golden early retirement’. He now he also faces the lawyers, the elite body of lawyers of an institution that is heading slowly but surely towards paralysis.
Borràs has discredited the senior lawyer without having a clear replacement for him
At the time, the former senior lawyer, Joan Ridao, already sensed what was coming and left his position to direct the Institut d’Estudis d’Autogovern. But his departure has been irrelevant in terms of institutional stability. Palomares, who voluntarily assumed a much lower profile, has also been pilloried by a ruthless general secretary.
group pressure
So now the parliamentary groups are pressuring Borràs to relieve Esther Andreu as general secretary, according to sources from the groups in the Catalan Chamber. And it’s not just constitutionalists anymore. ERC and JxCAT They are in the same line, aware that sooner or later the climate of instability in the Parliament will end up infecting the coalition Executive in the Generalitat. Only the CUP and some members of the Parliamentary Bureau, such as the deputy Aurora Madaula, They seem comfortable with the current situation.
Laura Borràs and Puigneró are detached from the parallel Parliament set up by Puigdemont
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Spokesmen for the Catalan vice president confirm that he will not appear. And official sources of the president of the Catalan Chamber assure that she has serious doubts
Delete is showing incapable of giving the slightest peace that an institution like Parliament needs. If he has withdrawn powers from Palomares, but has not ceased it, it is because there is no clear replacement. In other words: nobody wants to occupy a position whose chair smells like gunpowder. A problem for Borràs, but also for politics in Catalonia.
