‘It’s time for high politics,’ urges Jordi Cuixart

The president of grassroots organization Òmnium Cultural, Jordi Cuixart, has been in the prison since October 16. In a letter published in ‘El Punt Avui’ newspaper, the civil society leader declared that “it’s time for high politics,” adding that he has no doubt that those elected are up to the task and will indeed “carry it out.”

He is the only individual still in pre-trial holding for his actions relating to Catalonia’s push for independence who did not run in the December 21 elections, such as Oriol Junqueras (Esquerra Republicana), Joaquim Forn (Together for Catalonia). Also incarcerated at the same time as Cuixart and on the same charges Jordi Sànchez, former grassroots leader of fellow organization Catalan National Assembly (ANC) who however stepped down from his role in civil society to run on the Together for Catalonia ticket alongside Carles Puigdemont.