The speed with which Laura Borràs has closed the Cuevillas affair after he had left at her disposal his position as one of the seven voting members of the Catalan Parliament's Bureau, and the choice of Aurora Madaula as the person who will replace him, are nothing more than indications of the wound that the controversial statements of the lawyer have left at the apex of Together for Catalonia (Junts). His reflections on what was and wasn't "intelligent confrontation" with the Spanish state - in relation to the Bureau's ability to schedule (or not schedule) parliamentary debates on draft motions relating to the Spanish king and the issue of self-determination - and his view on a hypothetical disqualification from office "without making much impact" after committing an "idiocy" went down like a lead balloon in the party of Carles Puigdemont and Jordi Sànchez.
Only the Easter holidays added a few hours' delay to a resignation that was already taken for granted on Friday when he made the statements. Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas has thus become the briefest ever holder of a place on the Bureau of Parliament: 23 days. The loss of the confidence of Borràs, who had proposed his name to support her as a Junts member on the Bureau, was irreversible from the moment his statements were published. Among other things, because for the very instance which the lawyer cited, there are members of the Catalan Parliament who have been prosecuted. And probably, to demonstrate that there is no change of strategy on the part of Junts, the person chosen to take his place is located in the most radical sector of the party, in terms of the confrontation with the state and the defence of the Council for the Republic chaired by Carles Puigdemont.
With this issue closed, albeit with awkward details to resolve that at some point will reopen in Junts, the party will resume negotiations in the coming hours to try to form a government in Catalonia with the party in charge of this task, the Republican Left (ERC). Since the defeat of Pere Aragonès in the second vote last Tuesday, there is no evidence that there has been any progress, beyond the conversations that the leaders of the two parties may have had. On the contrary, if there has been anything it is partisan noise that raises questions about the agreement and alternative formulas.
Obviously, anything that means departing from a government agreement between ERC and Junts would be a formula involving even more uncertainties than a pact between the two major pro-independence parties. With the resumption of political activity this Tuesday, it will be possible to start assessing whether the timetable for closing an agreement around the Diada of Sant Jordi (April 23rd) is feasible or whether we will, once again, go to the deadline to elect a president, as happened in 2016 with the "step aside" by Artur Mas and the designation of Carles Puigdemont.