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Bartomeu: "we will follow struggling by the freedom of expression"

Published:22/05/2016 - 13:33h

Updated:22/05/2016 - 18:36h

The president of the FC Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu, affirmed before the food of previous directives to the final of the Glass of the King that was indignadísimo by the initial controversy of the "estelades" and showed happy by the final result

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After all the controversy aroused by the attempt to forbid, by part of the delegate of the government in Madrid, that the fans of the FC Barcelona went in to the andstadio Vicente Calderón with flags independentistas to see the final of Glass of the King between Seville FC and FC Barcelona, the president of the Barcelona entity showed his indignation by the sucedido. After a judge gave him the reason to the fans, Bartomeu left clear that has imposed "the common sense".

"It is incomprehensible that this pass in the 21st century, when you think that there is justice. Luckily the judge has taken the decision to give by good the flag, a free flag. The FC Barcelona will follow struggling by the freedom of expression", stood out the president of the just Catalan entity before the act with the managerial sevillista.

The maximum mandator of the Catalan club also considered that "a 'estelada' is not never a symbol of violence or controversial. At the end it has imposed the common sense and of responsibility". Everything thanks to that a court of Madrid gave him the reason to the Association of lawyers Dret, that presented a resource to avoid the prohibition.

The own FC Barcelona, by his part, made another that finally was denegado since when being the club a sportive association of nature deprived "can not say prejudiced by a rape of the right to the freedom of expression". In front of this, the club issued a back communiqué where reiterated his satisfaction for allowing the exhibition of flags estelades.

"In any case, the FC Barcelona reiterates his satisfaction because, finally, allow the exhibition of flags estelades in the final of the Glass of the King that has to contest this Sunday in Madrid, between the FC Barcelona and the Seville FC, in the stadium Vicente Calderón. The club reiterates his commitment with the defence of the freedom of expression of his partners and fans".

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