Generalitat asks Real Madrid to withdraw its Barcelona video: “It’s indecent”

The Generalitat of Catalonia demanded Real Madrid to apologize and remove an “obscene” video from the white club’s television accusing Barcelona of being a team of the Franco regime, a “gross manipulation of history” that the Catalan government labeled as “an insult, an insult” and “fake news».

At yesterday’s press conference, he gave explanations about the millions of payments Barcelona former vice president Arbitration Technical Commission (CTA), Jose Maria Enriquez Negreirapresident of the Catalan club, Joan Laporta, He accused Real Madrid of carrying out an exercise in “unprecedented cynicism” for appearing in the case.

Laporta described Real Madrid as a “regime team”, a few words to which the Madrid club responded through its official television, which released a video in which it condemned the services of Francoism to the Catalan team. “Which team is the regime?” asked Real Madrid Television.

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This Real Madrid video caused a strong reaction on Tuesday from the Catalan government, whose spokeswoman Patricia Plaja, he was asked about it at a press conference after the weekly session of the Executive Council of the Generalitat. “The video released by Real Madrid is such a gross manipulation of history that it seems hand-made. Is fake news (fake news) rude,” Plaja said.

The spokeswoman reminded that it is not a video of a private user, but “of an institution and club with so much influence and followers”, so it should be given “the importance it has, which is not small”.

“It is irresponsible, a transgression and an insult to the thousands of people who suffered under Franco’s regime, including Barcelona, ​​starting with the then president Josep Suñol, who was killed by the regime, and maybe Real Madrid don’t remember him,” it suggested. This is why the Catalan government thought that “it would be good for Real Madrid to withdraw the video and apologize for crossing the red line”.

The prosecution supports the appearance of Real Madrid in the case of Negreiro

Bartomeu asked the referee not to admit the white team, but the prosecutor’s report points out that any club that played in the competition with Barcelona can be considered aggrieved

The Prosecutor for the fight against corruption guarantees that he Real Madrid be personal in The case of Negreiro as a private accusation against Barcelona. As reported sixth, Josep Maria Bartomeu He asked the judge in the case not to admit the white club as a charge. However, the prosecutor’s report is supported by Chamartín’s team.

The letter from the former Barcelona president states that Real Madrid did not argue “the slightest indication of damage” due to the payments 7.3 million made by the Catalan team to the former vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) between 2001 and 2018.

The prosecutor’s report points out that any club that played in a competition with Barcelona can be considered a victim. Bartomeu, who is one of the former presidents of Barça against whom an investigation is being conducted, also highlighted in his appeal the issue of procedural economy in order not to recognize Madrid’s performance, given that “The league or federation, the entities to which Madrid is affiliated, and which organize the competitions in which this team participates, are already involved in the matter.”