08.05.2018 - 15:04 [ EL PAÍS ]

Catalan Republican Left rejects fresh leadership bid by Carles Puigdemont

At a meeting held Monday night in Barcelona, the ERC, whose leader Oriol Junqueras is being held in pre-trial custody in a Madrid prison in connection with the rebellion probe, confirmed that it wants to avoid a fresh election and that it also wants to avoid disobeying existing laws.