In any case, I’m glad for once everyone is talking about Reagrupament, I think just for this Carretero should do this more often.

I’m also happy everyone is criticising Reagrupament since it shows the perception of the threat it poses to established parties.

I would suggest reading Jaume Renyer’s explanation of how the episode came about (http://blocs.mesvilaweb.cat/node/view/id/157604 in Catalan). Mr. Renyer is a respected lawyer and opposed Mr. Carretero’s flaunting of Reagrupament Independentista’s founding statutes established by due democratic process at the assembly of 3rd October.

Mr. Carretero’s move may have been masterful if his aim was to make sure he could get Jan Laporta on board at any cost, emulating party political power play. But it is a very sad day for democratic principles in an organisation (not yet a “party”) that saw itself as standing, until this incident, for a “new” democracy in Catalan politics.

Reagrupament/Carretero are the last hope to honest catalan people.

And yes, the movement left all of us breathless. But at the end it looks like evertything will go on in a stronger way.

Congratulations