Overview
- Oriol Junqueras alleged that Spanish intelligence services and parts of the judiciary would have created Aliança Catalana to damage the independence movement.
- He said Aliança's leaders would never risk prison because they would not take real action for the country and enjoy protection he claims republicans do not.
- Junqueras described supporters of the party as modern fifth columnists who mock the imprisonment and exile of 'procés' leaders on social media.
- Aliança Catalana leader Sílvia Orriols responded on social media by calling Junqueras a fraud and suggesting, without evidence, that he is tied to the CNI.
- ERC’s Elisenda Alamany linked the remarks to historical memory, warning of Francoist remnants and the growth of the far right in the current climate.