Joan Reig, drummer of Els Pets, one of the vital vital music bands within the historical past of Catalan rock, would be the mayor of ERC in Constantí (Tarragona), as confirmed by the musician himself and the republican formation.
Joan Reig, drummer of ElsPets, one of the vital vital music bands within the historical past of Catalan rock, would be the mayor of ERC in Constantí (Tarragona), as confirmed by the musician himself and the republican formation.
Constantí is exactly the municipality the place Els Pets (fashioned by Lluís Gavaldá, Joan Reig and Falin Cáceres) was born, the one band that has remained energetic to date amongst people who turned well-known through the emergence of 'Rock Català' from the eighties, changing into in all these years a benchmark for rock and pop rock in Catalan.
However to his profession of greater than forty years as knowledgeable musician, Reig will now add a "new problem" in politics, presenting himself as a candidate for Esquerra within the subsequent municipal elections in Could in Constantí, a city current in most of the songs of the legendary group from the Catalan music scene.
"These of you who know me know that I'm an individual dedicated to the language, tradition, my nation and my folks. Generally life challenges you. Politics has all the time me, however I've all the time checked out it from the skin, I've all the time extra comfy sense within the discipline of thought or tradition. However now could be the time to take a step ahead," Reig defined in a video assertion.
A cultural activist and collaborator for many years with numerous entities in his city, Reig has assured that, if he's elected mayor, he'll work for a Constantí of "actual alternatives for all" and with leftist, republican and feminist insurance policies and with an "thrilling" mission ".
The drummer has argued that the native part of ERC has been asking him to take this step for a very long time and so they have lastly agreed that it was the fitting time to run as mayor, with a dedication to a city with "actual alternatives, considering the youngest and the tranquility of the aged".
The signing of Joan Reig additionally joins one other media title that a number of weeks in the past it was introduced that he could be on the ERC lists, on this case in Lleida: that of referee Xavier Estrada Fernández, rising as quantity 5 on the Republican checklist in that metropolis .
Estrada Fernández, at the moment a VAR referee, however who for twelve years was a referee within the First Division and European competitions, lately appeared within the media because of a lawsuit filed alone in opposition to José María Enríquez Negreira and his son, for the attainable fee of against the law of corruption or sports activities fraud, in relation to the big sums that they obtained from FC Barcelona.
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