The Mossos d’Esquadra charged around 6:00 p.m. to contain the advance of antifascist demonstrators, who tried to access the Fossar de les Moreres, where the president of AC, Sílvia Orriols, is scheduled to make a floral offering supported by supporters of her party. According to 3cat, the operation resulted in at least four arrests.
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The Mobile Brigade officers charged when demonstrators from various Catalan antifascist entities and associations, who gathered at Passeig del Born to protest against the presence of AC, tried to break through the police cordon.
The antifascist demonstrators responded to the police action with the shout “without police they are nothing,” while the Mossos took away the banner that led the demonstration, which ultimately remained with AC supporters.
Organizations within the CUP sphere had called for a mobilization in Barcelona on September 10 at five in the afternoon, the eve of the National Day of Catalonia, against Aliança Catalana, under the slogan “Antifascist unity for a land for all.”
Sílvia Orriols (AC) was able to enter the Fossar escorted by the Brimo
The mobilization, promoted by Arran, Endavant, Alerta Solidària, the Student Union of the Catalan Countries (SEPC), and the Workers’ Union Coordinator (COS), aimed to prevent militants and supporters of the far-right independentist formation from accessing the Fossar de les Moreres, a symbolic place of remembrance for those who fell defending Barcelona against the Bourbon troops in 1714.
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However, more than an hour before the call, Mossos officers deployed at the Fossar de les Moreres and the surrounding streets to control access to this space, where, according to official sources consulted by EFE, Aliança Catalana formally requested authorization to hold its traditional floral offering there this afternoon on the eve of the Diada.
A cordon of Mossos agents prevents the passage of demonstrators called by left-wing independentist organizations and allows passage to those who will participate in the Aliança event, who are already beginning to fill the Fossar with ‘estelada’ flags and party symbolism. Shortly before five in the afternoon, the AC leader, Sílvia Orriols, was able to enter the square, escorted by the Brimo.
The mayor of Ripoll (Girona) and leader of Aliança Catalana, Sílvia Orriols, had previously issued a warning to the CUP and its environment through a video, in view of their plans to boycott: “If they come to attack us, we will pin them to the ground.”
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