Josep Pagès
{{Short description|Catalan academic, lawyer and politician}}
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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.{{cite web |title=Organización de la Cámara: Diputadas y diputados - XIV Legislatura (2019-Actualidad) - Pagès i Massó, Josep |url=https://www.congreso.es/web/guest/busqueda-de-diputados?p_p_id=diputadomodule&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_diputadomodule_mostrarFicha=true&codParlamentario=379&idLegislatura=XIV&mostrarAgenda=false |publisher=Congress of Deputies |accessdate=28 March 2021 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite news |last1=Lillo |first1=Manuel |title=La Sindicatura Electoral de l'1 d'octubre, a judici |url=https://www.eltemps.cat/article/11760/la-sindicatura-electoral-de-l1-doctubre-a-judici |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=El Temps |date=2 November 2020 |location=Valencia, Spain |language=Catalan}} He has a degree in law, political science and sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).{{cite news |last1=Purtí |first1=Jordi |title=Josep Pagès: "L'1-O és un canvi de paradigma per a tots els catalans" |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/baixmontseny/noticia/10798/josep-pages-1-o-es-canvi-paradigma-tots-catalans |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=NacióBaixMontseny |date=3 June 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}} He has a master's degree in constitutional law.{{cite web |title=Membres: Josep Pagès Massó |website=Drets Estatutaris i Comunitats Autònomes |url=http://dretsestatutaris.uab.cat/index.php/josep-pages-masso |publisher=Autonomous University of Barcelona |access-date=28 March 2021 |location=Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain |language=Catalan |date=20 November 2010}}
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. He is a professor of constitutional law at UAB.{{cite news |title=El síndic de l'1-O Josep Pagès substitueix Cuevillas com a diputat al Congrés |url=https://www.elnacional.cat/ca/politica/sindic-1-o-josep-pages-cuevillas-diputat-congres_590217_102.html |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=El Nacional |date=9 March 2021 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}{{cite news |title=El celoní Josep Pagès nou diputat de JuntsxCat al Congrés dels Diputats de Madrid |url=http://www.laviladigital.com/el-celoni-josep-pages-nou-diputat-de-juntsxcat-al-congres-dels-diputats-de-madrid/ |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=la Vila |date=9 March 2021 |location=Sant Celoni, Spain |language=Catalan}} He was a lawyer for Barcelona City Council's planning department and secretary of the Prague Lawyers Collective.{{cite news |title=Miembros de la sindicatura electoral: vinculados al 9N, en manifiesto pro referéndum o en listas de CiU y ERC |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20170907/miembros-sindicatura-electoral-vinculados-9n-6270703 |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=El Periódico de Catalunya |agency=Europa Press |date=7 September 2017 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Spanish}} 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.{{cite news |title=600 juristas sostienen que el referéndum tiene cabida en el marco constitucional |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2017/05/04/catalunya/1493894291_815413.html |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=El País |agency=EFE |date=4 May 2017 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}
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.{{cite news |title=Trial for 2017 referendum electoral board members now underway |url=https://www.catalannews.com/highlights/item/trial-for-2017-referendum-electoral-board-members-now-underway |access-date=21 March 2021 |work=Catalan News Agency |date=3 March 2021 |location=Barcelona, Spain}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Esteve |first1=Mireia |last2=Maideu |first2=Cesc |title=Catalan independence referendum electoral commissioners brought to trial |url=https://en.ara.cat/politics/catalan-independence-referendum-electoral-commissioners-trial_1_3888516.html |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=Ara |date=3 March 2021 |location=Barcelona, Spain}} The board stepped down on 26 September 2017, a week before the referendum. 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.{{cite news |title=El celoní Josep Pagès, un any després de ser escollit membre de la Sindicatura Electoral de l'1-O |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/baixmontseny/noticia/11229/celoni-josep-pages-any-despres-ser-escollit-membre-sindicatura-electoral-1-o |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=NacióBaixMontseny |date=7 September 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}} The public prosecutor has requested a sentence of two years and nine months in prison for the five defendants.{{cite news |title=La fiscalía pide dos años y nueve meses de cárcel para los miembros de la sindicatura electoral del 1-O |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2018/10/25/actualidad/1540498240_485899.html |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=El País |agency=EFE |date=25 October 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite news |title=La fiscalia demana 2 anys i 9 mesos de presó per als síndics electorals de l'1-O |url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/la-fiscalia-demana-2-anys-i-9-mesos-de-preso-per-als-sindics-electorals-de-l1-o/noticia/2883189/ |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=TV3 |date=26 October 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}
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.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona d'Arenys de Mar |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=28 April 2015 |page=31 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/anunci/descarrega-pdf/1119139 |accessdate=16 June 2018 |publisher=Diputació de Barcelona |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Cardedeu |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=28 March 2021 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=2 April 2019 |issue=79 |page=34233 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2019/04/02/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-4902.pdf |accessdate=27 May 2019 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |issn=0212-033X}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Abril 2019 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=28 March 2021 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=15 October 2019 |issue=248 |page=113508 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2019/10/15/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-14801.pdf |accessdate=15 October 2019 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |issn=0212-033X}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=28 March 2021 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }} However, in March 2021, he was appointed to the Congress of Deputies following the election of Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas to the Parliament of Catalonia.
Electoral history
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|+ Electoral history of Josep Pagès ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result | |||||||
| 2015 local | Sant Celoni | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"| | Convergence and Union | align=right|17 | Not elected | ||
| 2019 April general | Province of Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}};"| | Together for Catalonia | align=right|7 | Not elected | ||
| 2019 November general | Province of Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}};"| | Together for Catalonia | align=right|6 | Not elected |
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