The leader of Ciutadans in Catalonia, Inés Arrimadas, takes it for granted that there will be violence during the protests this Friday as the Spanish cabinet meets in Barcelona. She's already announced a lawsuit against president Quim Torra for what she sees as him giving protection to the demonstrations. She made the announcements during today's debate in the Parliament on 6th and 7th September 2017, a debate called for by her party. On those days last year, the Parliament had debated a passed legislation for the independence referendum.
"Ahead of the violent acts there will be this Friday, because the coup is continuing", Arrimadas started, the president should "make a call for non-violence" and take "measures". Nonetheless, she clearly believes he won't do, even alleging he is protecting them, and so has announced a lawsuit. "We'll present a lawsuit against Torra for what will happen on Friday," she said.
She described Torra as the "spokesperson of the CDR", referring to the Committees for Defence of the Republic and said that if Madrid hadn't taken direct rule over Catalonia last year, "the CDR would be governing". Referring to the Spanish prime minister, she lamented that "Pedro Sánchez isn't protecting us".
According to the head of the opposition, the president hasn't condemned the "violent acts" that have occurred in Catalonia in recent months. She said there is "fascism with estelades", the pro-independence flag, and that it's not true that "being violent and being an independence supporter are incompatible".
For his part, president Torra criticised Ciutadans for the announcement and called for them to "stop judicialising politics".