Catalan secessionists poised to elect new leader in second vote

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News ID: 22889
Publish Date: 22:27 - 13 May 2018
A small Catalan separatist party said on Sunday it would abstain in a second vote to elect a regional leader paving the way for pro-independence candidate Quim Torra to secure a majority and form a government.

Catalan secessionists poised to elect new leader in second voteTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) – Torra, a close ally of former leader Carles Puigdemont, failed to win sufficient votes to become leader on Saturday.

But if the far-left CUP party’s four parliamentarians abstain in the vote on Monday, he is expected to secure the simple majority needed to become leader, ending a political impasse that has lasted for months.

In his address to the regional parliament on Saturday, Torra said he would work towards the creation of a Catalan republic and respect the outcome of last year’s vote on secession, which was deemed illegal by Madrid.

Catalonia has been without an administration since December despite pro-independence parties winning most seats in a December election called by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy after Puigdemont’s secession attempt.

(Source: Reuters)

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