Dual government from Catalonia and Brussels, back on the table

The talks in the pro-independence bloc to find a way out over the issue of the presidency continue. A number of possible formulas to respond to Spain’s challenge to Puigemont’s bid for the post have been on the table in the past few weeks. And one of them is back in the center of the negotiating table: a dual government with some members in Catalonia and others in Belgium. One of Puigdemont’s closest allies in Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) candidacy, Elsa Artadi, says both her party and ERC are preparing some logistics that makes it possible to govern from both places.

In an interview with the Catalan News Agency, she says that Puigdemont has to be sworn in even though the Spanish government is determined to prevent it from happening and the Spanish Constitutional Court is to decide on the issue.

Puigdemont has to “govern”

She explains that Puigdemont cannot be only a symbolic figure. For her candidacy, he has to “govern, be part of the executive power and have all the legitimacy.” Artadi adds that Puigdemont should be the leader of the country, the one “setting the tone” of Catalonia’s politics.