2017/12/11

Spanish military police plunder Catalan art Museum in Lleida

Spanish authorities have outraged Catalan people once again. Spanish military police used the cover of night to remove artefacts from a museum and spirit them out of the region. The seizure of a series of medieval tombs and fragments of Renaissance altarpieces from a museum in Lleida led to attacks by the police to Catalan protesters who called today’s action a “humiliation” that shows how Spain was using executive powers to “plunder” Catalonia.

Catalonia's President Carles Puigdemont, said: “In the middle of the night and using a militarised police, as always, they are taking advantage of a coup d’état to plunder Catalonia with absolute impunity.” Catalonia legally bought the art from the nuns at Santa Maria de Sijena. Aragon launched a challenge and after years of legal battles, a Spanish judge ruled in 2015 that the pieces should be returned. The Spanish ruling party PP, founded by a Francoist Minister, took advantage that the Catalan government was removed in October under Article 155 of the Spanish constitution, which imposed direct rule from Madrid. With the Catalan government dissolved, and Catalan institutions run directly from Madrid, Spain’s culture minister signed a judicial order from a judge for the seizure of artworks. The removal of the museum pieces is clearly linked to politics as there are pieces of Sijena all over Europe, in special in Madrid, which will be no seized. Only those bought and conserved by the Catalan Government.



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