Catalan Gate: another scandal of the government and the regime of '78
The case of espionage against leaders and activists is very serious. Political responsibility lies with the government of "Progressive coalition". Nonetheless, he Govern supports the oppressors of the Catalan people. When there are massive claims, the "Advanced democracies" they forget the elementary rights. Only an Independent Investigative Commission can clarify what happened. The mobilization and construction of a new alternative point the way.
To Pere Aragonès, more of 60 Catalan politicians and independence activists and some Basques spied on their mobile devices. The tool used was the Pegasus cyber espionage software, created by the Israeli company NSO Group. It came to light through a lab report The Citizen Lab collected in a magazine reportThe New Yorker.
The methods of authoritarian regimes
Already in July 2020 it was known that several ERC politicians, Together and the CUP, they had been spied on with the same software. Now the list was extended, affecting those involved in the cause of the procés in the period of the Farsa Trial to the independence leaders. It is the political objective with the largest number of victims detected so far. when did this happen: what Pablo Iglesias controlled from the Delegate Commission for Intelligence Affairs? These are very serious facts in "democracy" that recall the methods of state terrorism.
The responsibility of the “progressive coalition” government
The Pegasus program can only be purchased by governments and security forces. Officials deny having any relationship with the company., but, whatever they say, the government of Pedro Sánchez is politically responsible for what happened. By action or omission, must answer for espionage during his tenure, no state secrets or classified information.
He Govern ERC-JxCat in a drift without return
The president of the Government, Pere Aragonés (ERC) pointed to the National Intelligence Center (CNI), demanded from the Spanish government “transparency” Y “assumption of responsibilities” for “restore trust” and continue to give parliamentary stability. Laura Borras (JxCAT), President of Parliament, called for the resignation of President Sánchez, of the Interior Minister Grande-Marlaska and the Defense Minister, Margaret Oaks. Beyond the current crisis, support Sánchez and from the Govern they sow expectation in a tricky dialogue that does not lead to self-determination but to limited autonomy. The sea, to the target of the oppressors.
A skein of impunity
Espionage has international derivations. The company NSO has as one of its clients the government of Spain, whose acts against democratic freedoms enjoy the coverage provided by the institutional framework of the '78 regime. At the same time, works in direct collaboration with the army of the genocidal state of Israel, which in turn, is the gendarme of US imperialism in the Middle East. And the spies involve five European countries. The skein of impunity is not only coiled in the Spanish State.
When "potatoes burn" governments repress
When the Catalan people won the streets with the 1-O Referendum and the massive mobilizations for self-determination, the government of Mariano Rajoy (PP) he repressed them harshly. Then, was Pedro Sanchez, from the PSOE-United We Can government, the one who continued the persecutory work, under the masquerade of dialogue and reconciliation. Definitely, It's not just about governments, but of an institutional scaffolding at the service of crushing democratic claims. And it does not end here.
Advanced democracies of the EU?
He Catalan Gate what happens in the “model democracy” Spanish is not lightning in a clear sky. When were the "Yellow jackets" those who came out to protest, the French regime resorted to state violence. The member governments of the European imperialist bloc become democratic, but when there are mobilizations and claims, show their counterrevolutionary essence. Trust in the supposedly democratic goodness of the EU and its governments, is to start digging your own grave.
By an Independent Commission of Inquiry
With the bourgeois leaders of ERC and JxCAT, great political and ideological differences separate us. They are gravediggers of the Catalan Republic and servants of imperialist capitalism. This does not prevent us from repudiating espionage against persecuted leaders and activists. It will not be Spanish justice, the one that thoroughly investigates and punishes those responsible for espionage. It is necessary to form an independent investigative commission, international, made up of human rights leaders, trade unionists and politicians of irreproachable morals and conduct. That they do not depend on the political power of the day. That they investigate with transparency and until the last consequences. Opening of the archives and dissolution of the CNI!
Breaking off, disobedience, general strike and mobilization
The break with the Spanish government, disobedience, the call to mobilize, the general strike and the democratic and independent organization, point out the only capable path to the possibility of success. The Spanish and Catalan governments are sunk in their own contradictions and disasters. We must not let them drag the working people.
It is urgent to build a new political tool
We can formulate criticism, without leaving the government. The CUP also complains, although it maintains the investiture agreements with Pere Aragonés and the support to the Govern. Throughout the Spanish State, it is necessary to build a new leftist political alternative, consistently anti-capitalist, independent of any bourgeois government, that supports the workers and popular struggles. Fight for a workers' government and socialism.
