UJoan Laporta akakaze afihle imibono yakhe yezepolitiki. Eqinisweni, wayexhunywe kwezombusazwe maphakathi nawo-90 njengelungu le-Partit per la Independencia (1996-1999), iqembu elakhiwe nguPilar Rahola, Àngel Colom kanye naye owayekhuthaza ukuzimela kweCatalonia. Ngenxa yemiphumela engemihle yokhetho leli qembu ligcine lihlakazekile. Eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva wasungula iqembu lezombusazwe iDemocràcia Catalana ngenhloso yokumemezela ukuzimela kweCatalonia. Ibhekene nokhetho oluhlanganiswe nePhalamende laseCatalonia ngo-2010, i-Democràcia Catalana yayingaphakathi kwe-Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència (SI), ukhetho olwakhuthazwa okufanayo, kanye no-Alfons López Tena kanye no-Uriel Bertran. Ekugcineni wathola isihlalo ePhalamende laseCatalonia.
Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, indlela yakhe yokuhambela inhlangano yokuzimela kusukela ephumelele ukhetho lwe-Barcelona ukuze abe umongameli futhi akumangazi. Futhi manje isifinyelele isivumelwano ne-Òmnium Cultural, inhlangano yamasiko yaseSpain egxile kwezombusazwe, ezinze eCatalonia, eyasungulwa ngo-1961 ukuze kuthuthukiswe ulimi lwesiCatalan namasiko, futhi, kamuva nje, nokuzimela kweCatalonia. Ngalo uLwesithathu, uLaporta kanye nephini likamongameli wesikhungo, u-Elena Fort, basayine isivumelwano sokusebenzisana nomongameli we-Òmnium Cultural, Xavier Antich, kanye nesekela likamongameli wale nhlangano, uMònica Terribas, esihlanganisa zombili lezi zinhlangano eminyakeni emine ezayo ukuze zisebenze ndawonye. ngolimi, amasiko kanye nezwe. Bobabili omongameli bazibophezele ekusebenzeni ndawonye ukuze bakhuthaze isiko lesiCatalan kuzo zonke izici zokuphila kwansuku zonke nakuzo zonke izindawo ezikhuluma isiCatalan, kanye nokukhuthaza, ukusabalalisa nokukhuthaza ulimi, ukubumbana komphakathi kanye namalungelo omphakathi nawepolitiki ndawonye.
Umcimbi ububanjelwe kuPresident Suñol Box nabanye abaqondisi balezi zinhlangano ezimbili nabo bekhona, abanjengoMiquel Camps, waseBarcelona, noJoaquim Forn noJordi Arcarons, amalungu ebhodi labaqondisi be-Òmnium, inhlangano. ukuthi iBarcelona ikuchaza ngale ndlela: “Yasungulwa ngo-1961, phakathi kobushiqela bukaFranco, ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukufundiswa kolimi lwesiCatalan ngasese. Namuhla liyibhizinisi elisebenzela ukuthuthukiswa kanye nokwenza kube jwayelekile kolimi, isiko kanye nobuzwe besizwe saseCatalonia”.
I-Barcelona yachaza isivumelwano okufinyelelwe kuso kuwebhusayithi yayo: “I-Barcelona, ehlale izibophezele ezweni layo kanye nolimi lwayo, umphakathi wamaCatalan kanye nezindinganiso zobuntu zomhlaba wonke, izokweseka imizamo yezinhlangano zomphakathi nezikhungo ezivuna ulimi namasiko aseCatalan, ikakhulukazi ekusabalaliseni ukudingiswa ngolimi lwesiCatalan, futhi izokwesekwa yi-Òmnium emsebenzini wayo wokuqhubeka nokuba yinxusa elikhuthele ekukhuthazeni iCatalonia emhlabeni, ulimi namasiko ayo, ezemidlalo nezokuvakasha. Iklabhu iphinde ithembise ukusekela zonke lezo zenzo zentando yeningi ezivuna amalungelo nenkululeko yaseCatalonia kanye nokuhlanganisa iBarcelona nabantu baseCatalan ekuzilolongeni kwabo mahhala ukuze banqume ikusasa labo. Isivumelwano sihlanganisa nesifiso sokuthi 'i-Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes' ikhishwe minyaka yonke kumuntu oklonyeliswayo".
I-Òmnium, ngakolunye uhlangothi, izonikeza ukunakwa komuntu siqu kubasubathi abavela kuzo zonke izingxenye zekilabhu ukuze ibanikeze ulwazi ngolimi lwesiCatalan namasiko, futhi izonikeza izinkulumo kanye nezikhathi zonyaka, nochwepheshe abafanelekile, ngaphakathi kohlaka lokuqeqeshwa kweqembu. I-Masía, futhi izohlinzeka ngezinto ezifundisayo ngolimi, isiko kanye nezwe ezivakashini zaseMuseu de Barcelona. Ngalesi sivumelwano seminyaka emine, i-Barcelona kanye ne-Òmnium Cultural baqinise ubuhlobo babo obuqinile, obuhlehlela emuva ku-March 22, 2004, lapho isivumelwano sokuqala sokusebenzisana sisungulwa. Ngalolo suku zombili izinhlangano zasayina isivumelwano sokusebenzisana esasungula, phakathi kwezinye izivumelwano, ukuthi i-Òmnium Cultural izonikeza amakilasi omlando, isiko namasiko eCatalonia kubadlali beBarcelona, ebeka ukugcizelela okukhethekile emlandweni weqembu.
“Nanamuhla wusuku olukhethekile kithina. Ngiyajabula ukuthi kuwukuzigqaja ngo-Òmnium ukusayina lesi sivumelwano, njengoba ku-Barça kuwudumo, ngoba siyizikhungo ezimbili ezihlanganiswe ukuvikela nokugqugquzelwa kolimi lwesiCatalan namasiko, kanye nalokhu kubumbana komphakathi ukuthi sonke bafuna izwe futhi mayelana nokuvikela amalungelo abantu kanye nezepolitiki eCatalonia. Kucace bha ukuthi i-Òmnium ingaphezu kwenhlangano yamasiko, iBarça ingaphezu kwekilabhu futhi sobabili sihlanganiswe yile ntambo yemizabalazo eyabiwe evela kude, kodwa nayo inesikhathi samanje futhi enekusasa. " , kuchaza uJoan Laporta. Ngokwakhe, u-Xavier Antich wengeze wathi: “Kithina, lo mfelandawonye phakathi kwe-Òmnium neBarça unamasu aphelele. Sikhuluma ngezinhlangano ezimbili ezinesizinda esikhulu senhlalo ezweni lonke futhi ngikholelwa ukuthi kukhona ukuhambisana ezinhlosweni zokuthuthukisa ulimi lwesiCatalan, isiko lesiCatalan kanye nezemidlalo, ngokuyisisekelo lezi ezintathu njengethuluzi lokubumbana komphakathi, kanye ne ukuvikela amalungelo kanye nenkululeko yezwe ekukhombiseni kabusha ilungelo lokuzibusa. Lokhu kuqoqwe ngokusemthethweni ngentando ye-Barcelona, ngakho-ke, kuyisivumelwano esibonisa, ngaphandle kozwelo lwesikhungo phakathi kwezinhlangano zombili, indlela yokuzihlomisa kabusha kulesi sikhathi esinzima sokungatholi ama-horizons. Kithina, iBarça nayo ibe yikhampasi”.
