Carlota Guindal, Barcelona
11/03/2013 13:27 Updated 11/03/2019 15:39
Another high-rank officer of the Mossos d'Esquadra, Emili Quevedo, has recognized this Monday in the Supreme Court that the Govern was alerted that on October 1 there could be some acts of violence. However, he, who was the highest officer in the General Technical Police Station for Security Planning of the police force, charged the then president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont with the responsibility of everything.
At that meeting held on September 28, 2017, several police officers from the Mossos were present, in addition to Puigdemont, Vice President Oriol Junqueras, and Interior Minister Joaquim Forn.
"Forn did not speak at all; Junqueras said that he believed there would be no resistance if the security forces came to the polling stations, that people would let them pass; and it was Puigdemont who said that the Government had a mandate and they were going to comply and carry it forward", Quevedo recalled.
In addition, he acknowledged that it was "obvious" that the three high officials of the Generalitat "knew that one thing (to convene the referendum) and another (to comply with the judicial mandate) were incompatible".
In that meeting, Quevedo recalls that several messages were given by the Mossos. "One of them reiterating those that had been given on September 26, and a second on our absolute disagreement with some public expressions that had made members of the Government", stressed Quevedo, referring to a statement by Forn recognizing that the Mossos would allow the 1-O.
Defending the operation
Quevedo has maintained that the Mossos kept their police device to enforce the order of the judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia Mercedes Armas to avoid the 1-O. He has defended that it was a much bigger operation than the one deployed on any legal election day but defended that if there were no more troops it was because it was impossible, they should be covering other services. "Every police force must maintain public order reserves to face any eventualities that might occur. Where it was most likely to happen was in the city of Barcelona", he added.
Likewise, he confirmed Forn's thesis that he, as former minister of internal affairs, did not intervene in the preparation of the operation. "There was more police force, but there are several nuances to be accounted for. Out of a total staff of 16,600 agents, there are some 800 who do not have operational capacity, and there is a 10% and 12% absenteeism. In addition, a police force cannot deploy all of its staff for a particular operation because it works 24 hours and must provide that before and after the operation have to cover other services", he said.
The data that he has offered is 7,800 agents in the operation of the 1-O, while in an election day are allocated between 2,500 and 3,000. Even so, he has acknowledged that the magistrate's order in which she ordered the referendum to be prevented "could not be carried out in its integrity".
The Mossos are marked for not having fulfilled the judicial mandate to prevent the referendum. The colonel who led the three police forces for that day, Diego Pérez de los Cobos, called the operation of the autonomic body a "scam" while their commanders maintain that they did everything possible to comply with the judicial order, respecting all the time the peaceful coexistence.
LA VANGUARDIA e-survey among its readership:
Was there violence during the pro-independence Procés?
• Yes, police reports say it - 52.34% (57265)
• No, it has always been peaceful - 47.66% (52144)
Voted: 109409 people.
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