2 weeks Ago By Mireia Esteve
The government has relieved the director general of the Generalitat in Perpignan, Christopher Person, after he refused to speak about Northern Catalonia. In his place, the executive has appointed former mayor of Puigcerdà, Albert Piñeira (of the PDECat and later of Junts). According to the government, Person resigned "at his own request for personal reasons.
" The refusal of the former delegate in Perpignan to refer to the region for which he was previously a delegate as Northern Catalonia . The pro-independence parties (Junts, ERC, and the CUP) and Catalanist entities in Northern Catalonia also demanded it. Despite the controversy, the government "thanks" her for the work done so far and emphasizes its support for Bressola, who will receive 800,000 euros.
At that time, the government closed ranks with Person, and the government spokesperson, Sílvia Paneque, assured that the government maintained her full confidence. However, as the days passed, the government no longer took her continuity for granted until it finally dismissed her this Tuesday. The government appointed her in October 2024, a few months after the change of executive in the Generalitat.
Since then, this is not the only controversy surrounding Person. During the Christmas holidays, she sent greetings in French rather than Catalan, which caused controversy. The delegate justified this at the time by a technical problem.
Although Person refused to talk about Catalunya Nord, Paneque assured a few days ago that the socialist executive . However, it is true that the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has not used this term at any time so far. He did not do so a few weeks ago when he visited Northern Catalonia, nor did he do so in the Parliament a few days ago when he had to answer questions from pro-independence groups on the subject.
"I do not deny any denomination nor do I enter into any nominalist debate," the president of the Generalitat simply stated..
