Catalan parliament needs Puigdemont, says speaker who renews his call for a negotiated, non repressive, political solution

The speaker of the Catalan parliament has insisted that the deposed regional president, Carles Puigdemont, remains the only candidate to form a new government, as he renewed his call for a negotiated political solution to the independence crisis.

“We need an investiture as soon as possible so we can have a government that’s effective and that can go about eliminating article 155 from the political landscape of Catalonia,” said Torrent.
“Carles Puigdemont is the only candidate. He’s been proposed by a parliamentary majority, and in a parliamentary democracy, the candidate who’s put up for an investiture debate is the one who commands the support of the majority of the MPs in the chamber.”