Plataforma per la Llengua deplores the sentences of the High Court of Justice that impose the use of Spanish in
Catalonia
According
to the organisation that defends equal language rights, the High Court confirms
the “Spanish linguistic anomaly” and perpetuates legal discrimination against
Catalan-speaking citizens.
Plataforma per la Llengua, the non-governmental organisation that defends equal language rights
in Catalonia, deplored today the two sentences of the Catalan High Court of Justice
(TSJC) on the Catalan educational system, and on the language guidelines of
Barcelona City Council that grant Catalan a “preferential use”.
According to the organisation, these
two sentences impose the use of Spanish in Catalonia and perpetuate the legal
discrimination against Catalan-speaking citizens in Spain. These sentences
consecrate what the organisation calls “the Spanish linguistic anomaly”: Spain
is the only state in the European Union where a language of the size of Catalan
is not recognised as official in the entire territory of the state. This fact
“entails serious consequences in the life of Catalan-speaking citizens and
reinforces the perception that in Spain there are first-class and
second-class citizens, depending on the language they speak”.
Plataforma per la Llengua has also stressed that there are more than 500 legal norms that
impose the use of Spanish in Catalonia. This denies Catalan-speaking
citizens their equal rights. Far from rectifying this unacceptable situation,
the TSJC makes it worse with the sentences dictated today. Indeed, during
the whole of 2011 the TSJC issued only 1,5% of its sentences written in Catalan.
This bias in favour of one of the two official languages contradicts the
principle of equal rights that should guide every democratic system, as well as
precisely the demand made in the TSJC's sentences that the Catalan
administrations should respect the language choice of the citizens.
Regarding the sentence on the educational system, Plataforma per la
Llengua stresses that the Catalan school model guarantees knowledge of both
official languages by all Catalan children. This has been recognised on a number of occasions by the
European institutions, and most recently by the human rights report of the
State Department of the USA. By instituting the segregation of children by
language, the TSJC is depriving Spanish-speaking children of their right to
learn both official languages. Plataforma per la Llengua has expressed its
concern over the political bias of both sentences.
Via Laietana, 48 A. Principal 2a
08003 Barcelona
93 321 18 03Facebook: http://urlcut.com/1xfnlTwitter: @llenguacat#ONGcatalaYouTube: www.youtube.com/PlataformaxLlengua
0 comentaris:
Publica un comentari a l'entrada