Laura Fábregas
12/1/2019 Crónicaglobal
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The former president of the (Catalan) Advisory Council for the National Transition was the one who orchestrated the reports on the so-called '(Catalan) State structures', but before court he denies any involvement in the (Catalan pro-independence) 'process'
The former magistrate of the Constitutional Court and former president of the Advisory Council for National Transition (CATN), Carles Viver Pi-Sunyer, received on Thursday the Gold Medal of the Generalitat (Catalan regional government), the highest honorary distinction awarded by the (Catalan) Government to personalities known for their public work . The jurist took this opportunity to predict the independence of Catalonia by ensuring that he sees it possible for the Catalan region to "successfully complete" its path to secession.
These statements are a far cry from what he declared during the oral hearing for his alleged involvement in the consultation (on the independence of Catalonia) on November 9, 2014, when he categorically denied his participation in the "participatory process" promoted by the former president of the Generalitat Artur Mas. "There is a legend about my work that does not correspond to reality," he argued before the courts to try to avoid any civil liability. In the same vein, Viver Pi-Sunyer downgraded the relevance of an organ which was created with great fanfare, the CATN, stating that "in reality he was just a legal advisor to the (Catalan) Government".
Architect of Independence
Nothing could be further from the truth. Members of the (Catalan) Government and leaders of the pro-independence process ("process") call it the main provider of legal material to bypass the Constitutional Court's resolutions and, in this way, try to "disconnect" (Catalonia) from the Spanish State.The book El naufragio (Península, 2018) by the journalist Lola García. which relates the unravelling of the "procés "since its very start insists on the fundamental role this jurist plays in it .(Lola) deputy director of La Vanguardia explains that Viver Pi-Sunyer "is essential when it comes to facilitating the legal architecture of the steps that the independence movement is taking" and adds "Reluctant to give any interviews tries he tries to pass unnoticed, surely because he knows , like nobody, the legal consequences of the implementation of some of his recommendations"
(Catalan) State structures
Before the judge, Viver Pi-Sunyer also stated that his influence was less than what was proclaimed, but in fact he was responsible for designing the so-called State structures.One of his duties as president of the CATN was to entrust all the Conselleries of the Generalitat (Ministerial departments of the Catalan regional government) the drafting of reports on how Catalonia would operate once it became independent from the rest of Spain. And these reports ranged from border control, to management of taxes or organ transplants.
Keep the dream alive
Viver Pi-Sunyer was also in charge of leaking to the press parts of these reports to feed the independence dream by giving the impression that all preparations were being made to have a new Catalan state after declaring independence.All this work orchestrated by the key legal mind of the "process" materialized in the White Book for the national transition that presented the former Catalan President, Artur Mas in September of 2014. Viver Pi-Sunyer based himself on the historical precedent known as "the law to the law", designed by the president of the Francoist Cortes, Torcuato Fernández Miranda, to move from the dictatorial regime to democracy.
Back-tracking before the judge
When standing before the court, Viver Pi-Sunyer, however, asserted that he "was not doing any work on the defence of the Catalan State" and that "I never had the capacity to make any political or legal decisions".But some documents seized demonstrate that he and others had drawn up a road map to achieve independence, but Viver Pi-Sunyer nuanced the information "There was not one single plan. There were many plans. There were several plans and each one defended his or hers "
Salary increase before 1-O (date of the illegal referendum for independence of Catalonia)
A month after the celebration of the 1-O, the (Catalan) Government raised the salary of several officials in senior positions of the Catalan Government among them, Viver Pi-Sunyer. He, who had also directed the Institut d'Estudis de l'Autogovern (Institut of Self-government Studies) received a monthly salary of 9,538 euros before the (illegal) referendum. The parliamentary group of the PSC (Catalan Socialists) demanded to the Catalan Government to justify in writing "to what concepts, works or merits" the salary increase responded to.
At his last public appearance he has returned to the source, feeding the independence dream, but denying everything in front of the courts.
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