Catalan-style divorce or the “puigdemoniaca” theory

What’s wrong with Puigdemont? Why doesn’t anyone take it seriously? The former president residing in Waterloo tries to go through life being scary and roaring like an enraged lion, mainly to scare Pedro Sánchez and Silvia Orriols, the ultra leader of “Aliança Catalana”, the same one that steals the votes from Junts, but when push comes to shove no one takes his “puigdemoniac” bravado seriously.

Yes, now Junts is going to the opposition to show that they have guts and that they are very independent – oh my God! – having to convince at this point of your independence. Although will keep the door open with the Government in case you are interested in voting for something or can scratch any pending benefits. Puigdemont’s chest beating is Kim Jong-un style; rather than scaring, they provoke a certain hilarity, not to mention a certain joke, especially in Moncloa.

Puigdemont did well in Madrid when he had a leading role and he was able to make it profitable in Catalonia. At first, the leader was delighted with the power of his seven deputies in the lower house. The amnesty law began to take shape and the negotiations showed that Sánchez had had to swallow a big toad judging by the reaction against it from a large part of society.

But the difficult thing is not to get there, but to stay, and Spanish politics became accustomed to the bad manners of Junts and its leader, and what is worse, the amnesty did not come in its entirety for Puigdemont. Furthermore, Catalonia entered a phase of relative social calm after the storm caused by separatism. And that’s where the problems began for the current Junts management.

The main reasons for this rupture may also be the fear of an unexpected advance in the general elections, something not insignificant, and which will surprise Catalan politicians with the changed pace. Junts sees it as difficult for Moncloa to hold out much longer and they do not want to be caught at the polls hand in hand with the PSOE. They have done enough giving wings to the left for so long, They being a clear right-wing party. More than succeeding in Madrid, what Junts is looking for now is to regain power in Catalonia.

And what happens with Sánchez? What will be your immediate future? Can he hold on to office against all odds? In theory you can, but you would pay a high price and a high damage to your image if you insist on it. Even those who are very fond of coffee with the current Government now have a serious problem in continuing to defend the indefensible, if in Moncloa they think that everything remains the same, or better than before.

As Sánchez himself knows, occupying power does not mean governing, and if you cannot exercise What are you doing using State resources to not execute your objectives? If after a few months, the president continues to “get dizzy”, his attitude must be defined, not as a Numantine resistance, but as a democratic fraud.