Josep Pagès

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Pagès and the second or maternal family name is Massó; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Josep Pagès
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 March 2021
Preceded byJaume Alonso-Cuevillas
ConstituencyBarcelona
Personal details
Born
Josep Pagès i Massó

(1972-06-28) 28 June 1972 (age 52)
Sant Celoni, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyTogether for Catalonia
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
OccupationAcademic

Josep Pagès i Massó (born 28 June 1972) is a Catalan academic, lawyer, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.

Early life

Pagès was born on 28 June 1972 in Sant Celoni, Catalonia.[1][2] He has a degree in law, political science and sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).[1][3] He has a master's degree in constitutional law.[4]

Career

Pagès was a lawyer for the Generalitat de Catalunya, head of legal for Cardedeu Municipal Council's Technical Services department and secretary of the Territorial Commission of Urbanism of Terres de l'Ebre and Tarragona.[4] He is a professor of constitutional law at UAB.[5][6] He was a lawyer for Barcelona City Council's planning department and secretary of the Prague Lawyers Collective.[3][7] He was one of the signatories of the May 2017 Manifesto of Jurists in which 600 jurists argued that a referendum on Catalan self-determination was constitutional.[7][8]

Pagès was a member of the Electoral Union of Catalonia (Sindicatura Electoral de Catalunya), a five-member board established by the Parliament of Catalonia to monitor the 2017 Catalan independence referendum.[1][9] The Spanish authorities, who considered the referendum to be illegal, warned the board to step down and the Constitutional Court of Spain threatened to fine each member €12,000 for each day they stayed in post.[9][10] The board stepped down on 26 September 2017, a week before the referendum.[9][10] Nevertheless, Pagès and the other four members of the board (Marta Alsina, Marc Marsal, Jordi Matas and Tània Vergé) were charged with disobedience and usurpation of public office for their role in the independence referendum and are currently awaiting trial.[6][11] The public prosecutor has requested a sentence of two years and nine months in prison for the five defendants.[12][13]

At the 2015 local elections Pagès was placed 17th on the Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance's list of candidates in Sant Celoni but the alliance only managed to win seven seats in the municipality and as a result he failed to get elected.[14][15] At the April 2019 general election Pagès was placed seventh on the Together for Catalonia (JuntsxCat) electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win three seats in the province and as a result he failed to get elected.[16][17] At the November 2019 general election he was placed sixth on the JuntsxCat electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win four seats in the province and as a result he failed to get elected.[18][19] However, in March 2021, he was appointed to the Congress of Deputies following the election of Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas to the Parliament of Catalonia.[5][6]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Josep Pagès
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2015 local[14][15] Sant Celoni Convergence and Union 17 Not elected
2019 April general[16][17] Province of Barcelona Together for Catalonia 7 Not elected
2019 November general[18][19] Province of Barcelona Together for Catalonia 6 Not elected

References

  1. ^ a b c "Organización de la Cámara: Diputadas y diputados - XIV Legislatura (2019-Actualidad) - Pagès i Massó, Josep" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  2. ^ Lillo, Manuel (2 November 2020). "La Sindicatura Electoral de l'1 d'octubre, a judici". El Temps (in Catalan). Valencia, Spain. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Purtí, Jordi (3 June 2018). "Josep Pagès: "L'1-O és un canvi de paradigma per a tots els catalans"". NacióBaixMontseny (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Membres: Josep Pagès Massó". Drets Estatutaris i Comunitats Autònomes (in Catalan). Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain: Autonomous University of Barcelona. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b "El síndic de l'1-O Josep Pagès substitueix Cuevillas com a diputat al Congrés". El Nacional (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "El celoní Josep Pagès nou diputat de JuntsxCat al Congrés dels Diputats de Madrid". la Vila (in Catalan). Sant Celoni, Spain. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Miembros de la sindicatura electoral: vinculados al 9N, en manifiesto pro referéndum o en listas de CiU y ERC". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Europa Press. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  8. ^ "600 juristas sostienen que el referéndum tiene cabida en el marco constitucional". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. EFE. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Trial for 2017 referendum electoral board members now underway". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b Esteve, Mireia; Maideu, Cesc (3 March 2021). "Catalan independence referendum electoral commissioners brought to trial". Ara. Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  11. ^ "El celoní Josep Pagès, un any després de ser escollit membre de la Sindicatura Electoral de l'1-O". NacióBaixMontseny (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  12. ^ "La fiscalía pide dos años y nueve meses de cárcel para los miembros de la sindicatura electoral del 1-O". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. EFE. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  13. ^ "La fiscalia demana 2 anys i 9 mesos de presó per als síndics electorals de l'1-O". TV3 (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona d'Arenys de Mar". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 28 April 2015. p. 31. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Cardedeu" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 79. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 2 April 2019. p. 34233. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  17. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Abril 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 248. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 15 October 2019. p. 113508. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

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