Anti-independence party Ciutadans has started a campaign to remove yellow loops from public spaces. Under the slogan #SonDeTodos ("They belong to everyone"), the party's official Twitter account has posted a video encouraging their followers to remove the symbols from streets and town squares.
Yellow loops have become a symbol of support for those in pretrial detention or exile for their roles in organising last year's Catalan independence referendum.
Las instituciones, las plazas y las calles #SonDeTodos y debemos garantizar la neutralidad y el respeto a la pluralidad de los ciudadanos. Hoy @Cs_Santcugat ha retirado símbología partidista porque los vecinos tienen derecho a un espacio público libre de injerencias políticas. pic.twitter.com/81dTQs2cFr
— Ciutadans (@CiutadansCs) 27 de julio de 2018
Local public officials and party members have already responded to the call online.
#Sondetodos las plazas, los parques, las calles, las farolas...
— Munia Fdez-Jordán (@muniafj) 27 de julio de 2018
Los símbolos partidistas no caben en ellos.
Hoy, @Cs_Santcugat ha salido para recuperar el espacio de todos. Un acto simbólico por tu/nuestra libertad.#NoNosCallaran pic.twitter.com/fLLQe58mnM
Translation: Squares, parks, streets, streetlights... belong to everyone. There's no room for partisan symbols. Today, Ciutadans Sant Cugat [a town near Barcelona] has gone out to recover everyone's space. A symbolic act for your/our freedom. They won't shut us up.
. Las calles y los espacios públicos #SonDeTodos. Ahora que hay Sentencia, veremos qué hacen los CDR... https://t.co/RrMgy3fToM
— Cristina de Pelegri (@c_depelegri) 27 de julio de 2018
Streets and public spaces belong to everyone. Now there's a Sentence, we'll see what the Committees for the Defence of the Republic do...
The party has latched onto the sentence from the High Court of Justice of Catalonia which urges for "neutrality and respect for the plurality of the public" to be guaranteed. Technically, however, the verdict only affects Sant Cugat; the court would have to accept other appeals from all other municipalities for it to be in effect everywhere.