Zapatero supports Illa as leader and candidate of the PSC with a fiery defense of the amnesty. “Catalonia has the immense opportunity to open a definitive stage of coexistence, plurality and recognition of diversity,” he stated.
Zapatero has shown his “absolute conviction” that the “reasonable” amnesty law will enter “the pages of history” and has indicated that it reflects the best spirit of the Constitution by being based on ‘concord’ and ‘reconciliation’