The general secretary of Together for Catalonia (Junts), Jordi Turull, has visited the city of Seville to coincide with Holy Week and has not gone unnoticed. So much so, that his presence in a queue to offer homage to the revered religious sculpture Señor del Gran Poder this Thursday morning ended up being photographed by the deputy editor of the Diario de Sevilla, Carlos Navarro Antolín, who a few hours later dedicated an entire article to him under the title "A Catalan separatist before the Señor del Gran Poder of Seville."
The journalist explains that Turull "was in prison for rebellion, misuse of funds and sedition" and that, with these credentials, he "queued for an hour to venerate the Señor", this venerated representation of the Lord Jesus Christ, of Great Power, in the Andalusian capital. The author notes that the Señor del Gran Poder welcomes all kinds of people and that "they all have a place". "This has been proven, once again, in the queue to pay personal homage to the Lord on this unpleasant morning of Maundy Thursday, a day so important for the city and for the Brotherhood of Great Power".
Navarro Antolín then highlights the presence in the queue of Turull, "a very prominent leader of Together for Catalonia, the party that has influenced and weighed down the government of Pedro Sánchez, the party that has an a la carte Amnesty Law that has has been approved by the Congress of Deputies, a legal text that is already going to the Senate, where it can be extended for maybe a couple of months at the most".
Turull, "pata negra" of Catalan separatism
The deputy editor of the Diario de Sevilla, surprised by the presence of Turull, describes the general secretary of Junts as a pata negra ("pure pedigree") of Catalan separatism convicted for the independence process". In addition, he adds that "he is a regular in the 'pilgrimages' to the Belgian refuge of Puigdemont, the criminal who escaped in the trunk of a car after unsuccessfully proclaiming the Republic of Catalonia".
Navarro Antolín also observes that Turull behaved "respectfully" in the queue and that he was there "discreetly" while waiting his turn in the Plaça de San Lorenzo. And at the same time he emphasizes that Turull "was in prison" after the October 1st referendum, to then recall that Junts "is a party that evolved from the old Convergència to which Turull was affiliated, an extinct party of Catholic social mass and sociologically conservative”.
The publication of the article surprised some readers, including the former Constitutional Court lawyer from Seville, Joaquín Urías, who in a social media post on X questioned the publication of an article indicating the presence of a pro-independence Catalan politician at an Easter event. "What does coming to see the Gran Poder have to do with separatism? Is it that the newspaper believes that Holy Week is only for Spanish nationalist patriots? Welcome to Seville, Jordi Turull. A pleasure to have you among us. There's room for all of us in Seville", concludes the lawyer.