In the previous chapter, a separatist and separate party called the Junts had absolutely conditioned Spanish politics. Carles Puigdemont, the sole exiled leader of the pro-independence mix, positioned himself as the tamer of the Congress lions as a result of 23J. It can declare Sánchez or block him on the way to new elections. It could even facilitate Feijóo’s appointment and, of course, cancel it. Triple option PP, PSOE or crate is up to you.
Not only do all paths cross in Junts, the pro-independence party is also at a crossroads. Evidence that any outcome has passed through his hands may inspire the illusion that he always wins. The radicalized heirs of the Convergència guide Spanish politics through democracy’s grandest paradox, but they must manage their bountiful victories because they are laureates, not performers of their fortunes. When Waterloo’s Twitter oracle decrees that “tensions are rising and auctions are rising,” he is not only talking about his enemies, who are the remaining parties of the parliamentary broadcast without exception.
No one will be surprised if the Junts demand neither an amnesty nor a referendum, which will leave nothing if their assets are squandered. Puigdemont’s “nervousness” is because he has to keep the consultation in force when he urgently needs to return, because martyrdom has a limit. He needs to gauge how far he can stretch the string, not that his current euphoria from his compass role should not lead him to definitively characterize a fragile temporary situation that has only been dispersed by the call for new elections. As if that wasn’t enough, Guerra called Suárez the “Mississippi gambler”, but Sánchez is the best poker player in politics. The former head of the Generalitat can be measured in the mirror of the suicidal ambitions of Albert Rivera or Pablo Iglesias. Logically, the next chapter should consist of an amnesty without a referendum, but we are talking about the irrational art of politics here.