Salou goes out in the National Day to demand the country's present and future

Salou. Costa Daurada. The Square September 11 the municipality has received an additional year of National Day ceremony reminiscent of the abolition of the Catalan institutions and civil liberties at the hands of the troops of Philip V in 1714. In an act with a high participation of civil society around the monument of Rafael Casanova has conducted the wreath on which involved about sixty organizations and associations, as well as City Hall and the municipal political parties. The hereu of Salou, handed the mayor, Pere Granados, the Catalan flag and he has placed in the hands of a local policeman who prom gown has raised to the sound of the Reapers Cant. Minutes before Mayor institutional parliament has spoken with a clear message of national affirmation. Has begun Diada ensuring that "invites us to reflect on our present collective policy, as the country aims and needs to develop and deepen their rights and possibilities, and that we must be guided by that road together we decided to take to better defend political, social and cultural de Catalunya ". He also said that "now it is up to all of us to show that we also believe in this country and we have a strong will, and Catalan society, to demand a new model and a new political and legal status that allows us to fulfill all our needs , purposes and challenges set ". In this sense, Granados, has referred to that "today many people feel motivated to continue demanding what history and the time required to move along the path of collective progress" since, as said "our country is drowning (...) in large part by the state's attitude to Catalunya, denying those transfers that legally belong to us (...) and it is normal to want to develop these difficulties an ambitious project to Catalunya ". In the speech, Granados said that "we have to correct the course thinking about our collective welfare, but also the survival of our country (...) and to take that step forward should be able to plan and control our fiscal effort". The mayor has completed the institutional discourse with a clear message: "the new path we trace must be based on our legitimate and democratic right to choose freely and peacefully, wisely, without haste and without losing confidence in ourselves, with respect, dialogue to reach agreement, but with firm convictions, with pride and with the greatest possible unity ". At the end of the act, in Plaça del Carrilet sardanas have danced and castles have been built with the local group The Global. In the afternoon, the meeting of 'Manotes' in the Plaza de Francesc Germà closed a holiday and protest in Salou.

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