▁ ▁Jun y ent ▁gre et ed ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁the ▁Republic ▁with ▁far - re aching ▁ske ptic ism . ▁In ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁he ▁assert ed ▁that ▁the ▁new ▁Cort es ▁remained ▁“ polit ically , ▁soci ally ▁and ▁religious ly ▁extrem ist ▁and ▁dict atorial ”, ▁and ▁that ▁they ▁advanced ▁legisl ation ▁“ contra ▁de ▁sent imiento ▁y ▁esp í rit u ▁tradicional ▁de ▁nu estra ▁ra za ”. ▁Though ▁far ▁from ▁inst ig ating ▁violence , ▁he ▁was ▁det ained ▁following ▁Barcelona ▁ri ots ▁which ▁involved ▁the ▁Car list ▁youth ▁and ▁spent ▁short ▁time ▁in ▁a ▁prison ▁ship ▁D éd alo , ▁released ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 3 1 . ▁When ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁San j ur jo ▁consp i racy ▁sound ed ▁him ▁on ▁would - be ▁co - operation ▁Jun y ent ▁refused ▁to ▁commit ▁himself ▁qu oting ▁ins u fficient ▁man power ▁and ▁authority , ▁which ▁did ▁not ▁prevent ▁his ▁another ▁det ention ▁until ▁after ▁the ▁coup . ▁One ▁more ▁det ention ▁followed ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁after ▁another ▁round ▁of ▁ri ots ▁and ▁police ▁action ▁against ▁Car list ▁c ír cul os . ▁ ▁Despite ▁his ▁res erv ations ▁about ▁republic an ism - f lav ored ▁draft ▁of ▁the ▁Catal an ▁aut onomy ▁stat ute ▁Jun y ent ▁hes it antly ▁decided ▁to ▁support ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁refer endum , ▁as ▁“ gen u ine ▁though ▁limited ▁aff irm ation ▁of