Yes to Negotiating the Estatut

You can read the whole note called "Spanish parliament approves controversial Catalan statute" at Yahoo News or at Artxiboak.

I just want to publish here what Mariano Rajoy, speaking for his PP had to say about the decision last night by the Spanish Parliament to green light the negotiations in regards of the newly proposed Catalonian Statut:

However, Rajoy blasted Zapatero's support for the statute, which the PP insists is unconstitutional.

"There are many people in Catalonia who feel Spanish and who do not share what is enshrined in the autonomy statute.

"I am Spanish and I believe Catalonia is a very important community within Spain," said Rajoy, to cheers from his party's ranks.

"The Catalans are my compatriots and I believe (the statute) is very bad and negative for them."

Words spoken like a true and rancid colonialist pig.

Of course there is Spaniards in Catalunya that feel they are Spaniards, simply because that is exactly what they are, Spaniards living in and occupied nation. And yes, there is some Catalonians (let us remember that Ferrer more worried about his pockets that about the right of his people to its self-determination) that are more comfortable as Spaniards.

To the Spaniards that Rajoy speaks of, I have one thing to say, accept and respect the will of the Catalonians and live in peace among them, if you think you can not do that, well, you can always go back to that marvelous and culturally rich country called Spain.

To Rajoy, don't be an imbecile, please, do not insult our intelligence claiming that the statute is something bad for the Catalonians. Rajoy, all you can think about is how to defend that Francoist ideal of the One Spain Under God.

Rajoy, it is because even the Spaniards are tired of how backwards the PP and its membership is that you are not their Prime Minister today, so please, do not speak for them.

And well, since this is a page about Euskal Herria and the right of the Basques to their own self-determination and eventual independence from Spain and France, here goes what the article mentions about the Plan Ibarretxe:

A similar move by the Basque region, at the other end of the Pyrenees, to achieve greater autonomy failed in February after being massively rejected by parliament.

Like its Catalan counterpart, the Basque regional assembly was strongly in favour of taking charge of its own legal system and representation abroad in organisations including the European Union.

I guess is time to propose it again.

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