“(...) In times of struggle, the Catalan people used to mark a special day, the eleventh of September, as the National Holiday of Catalonia. A special day which, while representing the painful memory of the loss of liberties, on the eleventh of September 1714, and an attitude of struggle and active resistance to oppression, also embodied the hope of total recovery of its nationhood.
“Now that Catalonia is back on its path to freedom, the representatives of the People think that the Legislative House should sanction what the Nation has already unanimously decided.
“Therefore the People of Catalonia, by the powers vested in its Parliament, establishes the following law:
“Article One. The eleventh of September is declared the National Holiday of Catalonia.
“Article Two. This act will come into force on the day of its publication in the Diari Oficial de la Generalitat.
“I hereby order that all citizens to whom this act is applicable cooperate in its implementation and that the Tribunals and Authorities to which it corresponds see to its compliance”. Jordi Pujol, President of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Joan Rigol, Minister of Labour. Barcelona, 12 June 1980."
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