Jailed Catalan vice-president is Puigdemont’s ‘legitimate’ successor, supporters say

02/03/2018SeanBellCarles Puigdemont has “provisionally” stepped aside as Catalan president in favour of imprisoned grassroots leader Jordi Sànchez ORIOL JUNQUERAS, the imprisoned vice-president of Catalonia, should be regarded as the legitimate successor to Carles Puigdemont, the major pro-independence Catalan party Esquerra Republicana (ERC) has argued. In a video speech filmed in Brussels, where Puigdemont is currently […]