Statements made by Catalan tenor Josep Carreras on Catalan TV didn’t go unnoticed by the Spanish media. They have asked to boycott the leukemia charity foundation named after him.
Antonio Jiménez, host of the debate in Intereconomía (a Spanish television channel), referred to those statements and mentioned the impact of his words on the social networks by some of the members of the Foundation Josep Carreras, which would be withdrawing from it in protest of his sovereignist opinions.
The program didn’t give any specific data about this alleged boycott, but the guests gave their opinion. Just a few days ago social networks were also brimming with comments in defense of Mr. Carreras—comments made by people who were shocked about anti-Catalan reactions at the tenor's words.
During an interview recorded last summer in Switzerland, Carreras had said: “I’m in favor of independence, and I’m not ashamed of saying it. I would like to see an independent Catalonia—still maintaining a wonderful relationship with the Spanish state—but I think we have the right to become independent. The proof is that these last few years, surveys indicate that more than the fifty per cent of Catalans think like I do. My views are not the exception anymore. Thirty years ago, perhaps, but not now.”
The announcement made last Monday on TV had a precedent. On September 2009, Josep Carreras shouted ‘Visca Catalunya lliure!’ (Long live free Catalonia) in front of a Gol TV camera in Barcelona (see video above).
Source: Nació Digital
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