The jihadist attacks in Catalonia have brought to
light the inefficiency of not being independent and of having a state that
works against the interests of the citizens of Catalonia.
The Spanish authorities continue to deny, even after
the attacks, the access of the Catalan police to international information
alleging lies (Spain’s vice prime minister, saying that it is Europol who decides
this, which is a lie, and the minister of defence saying that only the national
police have access to it, which is also a lie, since both the basque police and
the Scottish police have access and they are not police corpses of national
reach).
The Spanish media have also lied, saying that the CIA
has already warned the police, which has been denied *. They have also lied
associating the Catalan process of independence with jihadism. There is no
connection what so ever.
The Spanish police knew that the Ripoll Imam who
directed the attacks had a criminal past and did not notify the Catalan
authorities **.
In 2015, the Catalan police discovered and reported
that the Spanish national police had warned a group of jihadists that the Catalan
police were following them ***
Just one month ago the Spanish government blocked to
open 500 new vacancies for Catalan police.
The Spanish police hiding information and sabotaging
the work of the Catalan police in favour of a terrorist group, blocking the
access to international information... there is no doubt that under Spanish
rule we are paying taxes for a state to work against us, putting the security
of the citizens of Catalonia in danger. And it is clear that only with
independence we can have a proper national security, which defends the
population instead of putting it at risk.
