The Catalan Parliament in Barcelona has a Socialist No Salvador He was elected as the new prime minister of a wealthy region in northeastern Spain.
68 MPs voted for the 58-year-old, including 20 members of the left-wing, moderate separatist party ERC and 6 of the left-wing ecology group Comuns. 66 MPs voted no, parliament speaker Joseph Ruhl said, as seen on state television RTVE.
Spanish media saw Illa’s election as a new beginning for the region, which has been rocked by disputes over demands for independence for more than ten years. However, Illah’s election, described as historic, was overshadowed by the return of the separatist leader. Carles Puigdemont After almost seven years of exile.
The 61-year-old, who has an arrest warrant against him, appeared in the center of Barcelona that morning, gave a speech to supporters, then disappeared again without a trace. Puigdemont appears to have escaped from police who wanted to arrest him with the help of two police officers, one of whom provided his car, several media reported, citing police sources. It was initially unclear what Puigdemont was now planning underground.
