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ERC and CUP demand dismissal of Mossos director over infiltration in teachers' assembly

The controversy arises after unions reported the presence of plainclothes officers at a teachers' meeting in Barcelona.

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ERC and CUP have called for the immediate dismissal of the director of the Mossos d'Esquadra, Josep Lluís Trapero, following allegations of police infiltration into a teachers' assembly in Barcelona last Wednesday.

The unions USTEC, Professors de Secundària (Aspepc-sps), CGT, and Intersindical, organizers of the educational strikes, publicly reported the discovery of two plainclothes officers during a meeting. This situation has sparked strong political and union reactions.
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"In a democratic country, an attempt to curtail union action has no place. The responsibility does not lie with the two officers who were discovered yesterday. The responsibility lies with the police director."

Jordi Albert · Deputy Spokesperson for ERC in Parliament
The deputy spokesperson for ERC in the Parliament, Jordi Albert, described the events as "unacceptable and intolerable" and demanded the "immediate dismissal" of Trapero, whom he considers the "political responsible for these actions." Albert expressed regret that the police director has not publicly appeared to provide explanations.
The CUP went further, pointing fingers at the government's leadership. Deputy Xavier Pellicer criticized President Salvador Illa's message to the Mossos, which, according to him, gives them "carte blanche to act with absolute impunity," and directly implicated the Minister of Interior, Núria Parlon. Pellicer denounced these infiltrations as part of a "harassment campaign" against the teaching movement.
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"The person responsible for the operation must be dismissed. The police director, Josep Lluís Trapero, if he was aware, must also be dismissed, and if he was not, also."

Xavier Pellicer · CUP Deputy
Junts and the Comuns have also requested explanations, though without demanding Trapero's dismissal. Comuns deputy Andrés García Berrio spoke of "crossing red lines" and called for an "effective investigation." The organizational secretary of Junts, Judith Toronjo, demanded that the Interior department confirm or deny the infiltrations and clarify who in the government was aware of them.
The four parties (ERC, Junts, CUP, and Comuns) jointly submitted a request to convene "extraordinary and urgent" sessions of the Interior and Education commissions of the Parliament, with the aim of having Minister Parlon, Education Minister Esther Niubó, and Trapero himself appear.

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