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PSC Demands Resignation of Ripoll Councillors Despite Their Resistance

The party leadership has accepted the resignations of Enric Pérez and Anna-Belén Avilés, but the councillors have not yet formalized their departure from Ripoll City Council.

Generic image of hands shaking in a formal setting, symbolizing an agreement or resignation.
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Generic image of hands shaking in a formal setting, symbolizing an agreement or resignation.

The crisis within PSC Ripoll intensifies after councillors Enric Pérez and Anna-Belén Avilés abstained from the Aliança Catalana budget vote, leading the party to demand their resignation.

The leadership of the Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC) has publicly announced its intention to force the resignation of its two councillors in Ripoll, Enric Pérez and Anna-Belén Avilés. This decision follows the councillors' abstention in the municipal budget vote, which allowed the approval of the accounts presented by Aliança Catalana.
Despite the statement issued by the PSC this Tuesday, which claims the party has accepted the councillors' resignations, sources close to the situation indicate that Pérez and Avilés have not yet formally submitted their letter of resignation from their councillor positions at Ripoll City Council. The two councillors are reportedly analyzing the situation with the local executive to define their next steps, and it is expected that they will make their position public in the coming days.

The councillors placed their positions at the disposal of the party. The PSC has accepted their resignations so that they can make way for new councillors. Two other party colleagues will assume the councillor positions.

This situation has generated significant controversy within the party. The president of the Generalitat and first secretary of the PSC, Salvador Illa, had already expressed his rejection of these events last weekend, stating that the PSC "will never be found in agreements with those who advocate intolerance," in a clear allusion to the far-right formation.
Councillors Pérez and Avilés admitted the day after the vote that their abstention had been "a mistake" and offered their resignations to the party. In a statement, they explained that their initial intention was "to avoid a new political and media circus in Ripoll," but they acknowledged that "the fundamental principle of avoiding any collaboration with the far-right was not sufficiently taken into account, overriding that initial intention."
The socialist federation of the Girona regions had already expressed its "absolute disagreement" with the councillors' actions, asserting that they had no prior knowledge and immediately summoning them to request explanations and "act accordingly."

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