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Comunicat de l'ANC sobre el procés d'independència de Catalunya

Reprodueixo el comunicat que hem rebut aquest dimarts 7 de juny del 2016 tots els associats i totes les associades de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana.

Convindria que tots els polítics que es fan dir independentistes i que per això els vam votar, anessin darrera les sigles que anessin, ho llegissin i comencessin a prendre consciència del que vol el Poble.

Remarco especialment la frase "Exigim responsabilitat, coratge i generositat als nostres diputats independentistes, en nom de tots els que hem dipositat la nostra confiança en ells, i que tinguin present l'acord de governabilitat que van contraure davant el País i els seus votants".

Aquest és el comunicat complet:

Benvolguts,

Arran dels importants esdeveniments que s'estan produint en la política institucional catalana i com a entitat compromesa amb el procés d'independència de Catalunya, l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana manifesta:

Estem segurs que els nostres representants sabran ser dignes de la confiança que el poble va dipositar en ells el 27S i en l'acord de governabilitat del mes de gener. Tal com sempre hem defensat, el procés d'independència només funcionarà a través de la unitat, i és precisament aquesta unitat la que reclamem a l'hora de garantir una tramitació parlamentària de pressupostos al Parlament. És l'única via per tal que quedi cobert el desenvolupament de totes les eines d'estat necessàries per dur endavant el procés, per alleugerir la greu situació de desigualtat social (amb 1,4 milions de persones al llindar de la pobresa) i per impulsar les lleis i les estructures necessàries per sortir de la situació colonial en què ens ha abocat el govern de l'Estat espanyol i el Tribunal Constitucional.

L'ANC és conscient de les dificultats per superar les diferències de model entre les diverses formacions polítiques a les quals pertanyen els diputats independentistes del Parlament de Catalunya. Veiem amb preocupació i som crítics amb l'estil desenvolupat en l'activitat parlamentària que està generant allunyament, desafecció i desconfiança entre partits i societat civil. Aquesta situació genera desconcert en una població que ha demostrat tenir un objectiu clar, la independència de Catalunya, i un compromís coherent davant de les urnes com es va mostrar el 9N de 2014 i el mateix 27s de 2015.

L'ANC defensa aquest objectiu i compromís i alhora promou un marc de col·laboració i entesa entre les formacions independentistes, en la mesura que forma part del nostre full de ruta i també perquè és essencial per crear les condicions per arribar a tenir un Estat propi i independent.

Exigim responsabilitat, coratge i generositat als nostres diputats independentistes, en nom de tots els que hem dipositat la nostra confiança en ells, i que tinguin present l'acord de governabilitat que van contraure davant el País i els seus votants.

El conjunt de l'ANC (les ATs, les ASs i les AEs juntament amb el Secretariat Nacional) treballem per la reactivació de la Taula de forces polítiques i socials com un marc per superar l'aïllament actual i facilitar la coordinació de l'acció conjunta de les forces polítiques i la societat civil per assolir la independència. Només així renovarem la confiança en la gestió política i cívica del procés per seguir construint la sobirania d'un poble que avança alçat cap a la seva emancipació nacional.

Secretariat Nacional

11 de setembre - Via Catalana - Cadena de blocs - Via Catalana virtual

L’ONZE DE SETEMBRE DE 1714

Almenys ens han deixat
L’honor de caure sols.
En la desesperança,
Acceptem la foscor.

Demà retornarem
Al treball, a l’esforç.
Dreçats, hem de cavar
Als bancals de la por.

Aprofundim rars pous
Als orbs ulls de la mort.
Enllà d’aigües llotoses,
Terra bona, llavor.

                       Salvador Espriu 
                       Del llibre “Per a la bona gent”







Bloc enllaçat amb Tot és una mentida a la Via Catalana virtual

La Via Catalana virtual

Des del Blog-Via cap a la independència sorgeix la proposta de fer una via virtual de manera simultània a la Via Catalana per la Independència que farem el proper 11 de setembre.

Per participar-hi cal deixar un comentari al darrer post del blog que organitza la cadena de blocs per tal d'obtenir el número d'ordre. 

Un cop fet això només caldrà esperar uns dies més. Entre els dies 9 i 15 de setembre haurem de fer un post al nostre bloc amb qualsevol motiu que faci referència a la jornada de l'11 de setembre i incloure un enllaç al bloc que ens segueixi en l'ordre establert prèviament per tal d'anar configurant la cadena virtual.

The Catalan Way

This coming 11^th of September – which is Catalonia’s National Day – pro-independence supporters have organised the so-called ‘Catalan Way Towards Independence’ that calls for the independence from Spain. The gigantic human chain will cross Catalonia along 400 km and will pass through some of the main cities, such as Barcelona, Girona and Tarragona. The civil society platform Catalan National Assembly (ANC) is preparing this new massive demonstration after having organised last year’s 1.5 million-strong demonstration, which argued that Catalonia should become an independent state within the European Union.

This year’s peculiar demonstration is inspired by the ‘Baltic Way’, which took place on the 23^rd of August 1989 with two million people forming a 670 km-long human chain crossing Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The ‘Baltic Way’ requested the independence of the three Soviet Republics and was fully condemned by Moscow. However, it gathered international sympathy and has been praised on many occasions as a unique and peaceful demonstration fighting for the right to self-determination. In fact, the ‘Baltic Way’ organisers issued a manifesto that read “a common European home can only by set up if all European nations are granted a free right to self-determination”.

During the weeks before 11^th September, several human chains are taking place in Catalan cities and towns, but also abroad, in order to rehearse and promote the ‘Catalan Way Towards Independence’. Furthermore, those attending the main demonstration should register on a website in order for people to be effectively distributed along the 400 km chain. Three weeks before the event, more than 350,000 have already registered. On top of this, small human chains are being organised throughout the world to replicate the ‘Catalan Way’ in cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Edinburgh, Los Angeles and Rome. The ANC’s President, Carme Forcadell, stated this Friday, on the 24^thanniversary of the ‘Baltic Way’, that the day after the ‘Catalan Way’, the exact date and question for the self-determination vote should be announced. Many independence supporters are pushing to hold Catalonia’s self-determination vote before the end of September 2014. However, the Spanish Government totally opposes Catalonia’s independence, its self-determination, and the organisation of a vote.

“A common European home can only by set up if all European nations are granted a free right to self-determination” stated the manifesto issued on the occasion of the ‘Baltic Way’. A year ago, 1.5 million people gathered together on Barcelona’s streets to peacefully demonstrate under the motto: “Catalonia, new European state”. They were asking for a Catalan state, independent from Spain. The large-scale demonstration was a milestone in Catalonia’s contemporary history and certified the change of the Catalan political landscape. A significant share of Catalan society, representing around half of the population, did no longer want to participate in the collective project with Spain and was clearly supporting an independent Catalonia.

After last year’s demonstrations, elections were held and pro-independence parties won

In the weeks following last year’s demonstrations, political parties clarified their stances and most of them openly supported Catalonia’s right to self-determination, while some of them were also supporting independence. However, the Spanish Government totally opposed the idea. Elections were organised in November and a wide majority of votes were for parties supporting Catalonia’s right to self-determination. In addition, parties defending Catalonia’s independence from Spain obtained more than half the Catalan Parliament seats and significantly increased their votes.

The Spanish establishment is blocking all the Catalan demands

Accordingly, Catalan institutions intensified their petitions to organise a self-determination vote to freely and democratically decide on Catalonia’s collective future. In addition, several expert reports were pointing out to several legal ways allowing the organisation of such a vote, if there was the political will to do it. However, the Spanish Government continued opposing and downplaying all the petitions and even refused to talk about the issue. Furthermore, it has beenusing the Spanish State institutions to block the steps undertaken by Catalonia – also at international level – and to limit the Catalan Government’s room to manoeuvre with a tight control of its finances.

Support for independence might represent more than 50% according to polls

Far from reducing demands for independence among Catalans, polls are in fact showing that support for independence remains high and might represent more than 50% of Catalonia’s population. Additionally, the political pressure from pro-independence supporters to organise a self-determination vote as soon as possible has increased during the last few months.

Taking all this into account, the main organisation grouping of pro-independence supporters, the Catalan National Assembly (ANC), decided to go one step further and not organise just a regular demonstration for the next Catalonia’s National Day. The ANC is not a political party but a grassroots platform that represents more than 400 territorial assemblies throughout Catalonia and 50 sector assemblies.

11^th September 2013 at 17.14 pm

Inspired by the 'Baltic Way', the ANC launched the 'Catalan Way Towards Independence', which will take place on the 11^th September around 5 pm. The Catalan Way’s climax will be at 17.14 pm, since it coincides with the year 1714, when Barcelona was became occupied by Spanish troops and Catalonia lost all its self-government institutions. From this date it started to be ruled according to Spanish law and the persecution of Catalan language and culture began in an attempt to “Hispanicise” the territory.

Inspired by the 'Baltic Way'

The 'Baltic Way' manifesto was asking to guarantee the self-determination right to all nations of Europe, and not only to the colonies in Africa, Asia or America. It stated: “Brothers and sisters in East and West, we are prepared to forget about your double standards, if you will find in yourselves courage to demand the application of the principles of international law not only in Africa and Asia but also in Europe”. In addition, it also said: “One may close one's eyes to the Baltic problem, but it will not cease to exist. For us, it is a problem of inalienable human rights; for you, it is a problem of double standards and security, but one way or another, we have to solve it together, proceeding from the principles of international law”.

In 2009, coinciding with the 20^th anniversary of the Baltic Way, US State Secretary Hillary Clinton stated that this initiative had turned the 23^rd of August “into a milestone in the fight for self-determination”. In addition, UNESCO has included the Baltic Way in its Register of the World Memory as it was “a unique and peaceful demonstration that united three countries in their fight for freedom”.

Source of information: http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4140198/20130826/via-catalana-the-catalan-way.html