Some deputies took advantage of their visit to

 Prague to go sightseeing around the city. Several of them skipped some important meetings, such as the approval of assembly resolutions, and were seen contemplating picturesque places in the historic center. -- One of them went with his wife to Prague . It was the case of a Catalan. Congressional sources assure ECD that all the expenses of his stay were covered by the individual and never by the Lower House. Some attendees criticized this attitude of the CiU representative because, they claim, they had “marathon days.” -- They didn't speak English . Those present were also struck by the fact that some of the Spanish representatives barely spoke English. For example, a socialist expressed himself at all times in Spanish, which was widely commented on among representatives of other countries.As El Confidencial Digital has learned , CiU learned, around 1 in the afternoon , of the first exit polls, which at that time gave it 57 seats in the Catalan Parliament , five less than in 2012. Being aware of the bad result that was coming, Artur Mas decided that the Generalitat would not provide this data to the media, as is historically done in all regional elections. 

This caused, for example, TV3 to carry out its own polls . He skipped the meal and pointed to the Catalan CIS as the culprit The 'shock' caused to Mas by the results at the exit left the acting president without appetite, so “ he didn't even eat anymore ,” according Special Database  to the sources consulted by this newspaper. What the CiU candidate did do is contact the Center for Opinion Studies of the Generalitat, the 'Catalan CIS' , to ask for explanations for the blunder committed in the surveys published two weeks ago, in which he awarded the Artur Mas' party 69-71 seats, giving a secure absolute majority. With the exit polls giving him 57 seats, “ Mas flew into a rage and seriously attacked Jordi Argelaguet , director of the CEO, and the final results were much worse…” Hours later, and with the failure already accomplished (50 seats), the CiU candidate himself already knew that other parties, such as the PSC, were also in favor of the dismissal of Argelaguet , who on Monday already made his position available to the Government in functions, which Mas presides over. He canceled the interviews scheduled for Monday Throughout the afternoon, and as the number of seats for CiU fell, Artur Mas' communications office went into action to cancel the interviews that the candidate had already scheduled for the next day , assuming that he would appear.

The triumphant president of election day. According to the sources consulted by ECD, the CiU candidate had at least two interventions approved: on Spanish Television and TV3 . However, both were ruled out on Sunday afternoon. In fact, the acting president of the Generalitat rejected any intervention in the media on Monday , only calling meetings with his executive to analyze electoral results that were not expected, and in which he has lost a total of 12 deputies compared to 2010. . ERC only guarantees support for the investiture The main concern for Artur Mas after confirming the electoral debacle is to try to find a stable partner for the Government, something that seems impossible today: “ CiU needs ERC, PSC or PP, one of the three, to vote in favor of the investiture of Mas , who would not be elected if the three abstain.” Of these parties, the one with the most options for understanding is ERC , although the Republicans will not make it easy for them: “ They will demand the holding of a referendum now, without the opportunity to make it 'legal ', as Mas wanted, and they will also reject the Budgets proposed by CiU.