The police action comes in response to a court ruling, ordering the sentence execution, as requested by TMB, property’s owner, once the discussions between the district and the activists ended unsuccessfully. The city police has closed traffic in Sants Square and, requested by the Catalan Police, it has also closed the line 1 metro station Mercat Nou.
From the Twitter account @SomCanVies a call was made for protests against the eviction at 20.00 in Sants Square. Over a hundred people responded, but at Ramon Torres i Casanovas Square, and other protested just opposite the police barrage preventing them to get closer.
From the last meeting held with the City Council came the ultimatum launched by the councillor of Sats-Montjuïc, Jordi Martí, who warned there would not be any further negotiations. The council gave the members of Can Vies the option to leave the building voluntarily, so that the municipal administration could take ownership of the property, reform it with a group of institutions and further develop an cession agreement with those institutions. The Can Vies Support Platform rejected it because they were afraid, once the reforms were finished, their return could be prevented, according to BTV.
