national language at schools, will ensure national sports teams in
official competitions and will also enable an independent treasury.
Three recent news endorsed today the idea that only Catalonia's
independence can assure an adequate protection of Catalan language at
schools, having national sports teams fully recognized and setting up
an independent treasury. Juridical resolutions have been made public
and one of them, made by the TSJC (Justice Superior Court), marks the
beginning of linguistic segregation at schools according to
Somescola.cat; another one made by the TC (Constitutional Court)
prescribes on Catalan sports teams at international competitions;
finally, the claiming for an independent Catalan Treasury is
considered an "absurd" issue according to Mr. Josep Antoni Duran
Lleida's opinion, .
1. Beginning of linguistic segregation at schools and refusal of
Catalan language priority at Barcelona's City Hall
Last TSJC resolution endorses the initial process of linguistic
segregation at Catalan schools according to a warning made by
Somescola.cat which assembles all main civic and educational entities
in this country. A previous resolution (8th March) already allowed
this new trend which seems now consolidated. Last sentences lead to an
irreversible process that attacks the Catalan model of linguistic
immersion which has been implemented for the last 30 years. Immersion
programs and the use of Catalan as a conducting school language have
proved to be essential educational resources as to ensure equal
opportunities to all students and in order to give access to them all
to a cultural and symbolic world that otherwise would be a heritage
for only half of Catalonia's population. Now Somescola.cat wants no
more talking about them being just a few minority cases or families,
nor considers this just an anecdote. This is more about a well
designed strategy in order to challenge the factual model of Catalan
school teaching. Every time is more evident that only an independent
Catalan state will guarantee Catalan as the conducting language at
school.
In the same way, the TSJC has revoked Catalan as the priority language
at Barcelona's City Hall (the regulations of which were endorsing such
procedure) and so this Court has accepted the appeal made by PP
representatives.
2. Catalan sport teams are not compatible with Spanish ones
A sentence from the TC (Constitutional Court) restricts the
participation of Catalan sports teams in international competitions as
to avoid in any case any confrontations between Catalan and Spanish
teams. The interests of any team representing any Spanish Sport
Federation must always be prevalent.
3. Duran thinks the claim for an independent Catalan Treasury is an
"absurd idea"
CiU's general secretary, Josep-Antoni Duran Lleida, a unionist
politician, has recently told in Madrid that it would be an "absurd
idea" to think about Catalonia having its own Treasury. He said so
just a few hours after the summit of Catalan parties held in Barcelona
in order to precisely reach an agreement on the so called "fiscal
pact" , a proposal presented by Catalan president Artur Mas himself.
Author: RCat web team
http://international.reagrupament.cat/?attachment_id=1752
Translation: JMTN
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