Catalan Activist Jailed Jordi Sànchez and Culture Minister Laura Borràs will head JxCat list in Spanish election

Jordi Sànchez and Laura Borràs will lead the pro-independence ticket in Spanish election. Sànchez is jailed in Spain and was President of the Catalan National Assembly, a grassroots movement who leads the fight for Catalonia's independence. Sànchez is one of the founders of exiled president Carles Puigdemont's new movement, Crida Nacional per la República (National Call for the Republic).The members of this platform ratified his bid on Saturday, and the ticket will also include members of the Partit Demòcrata Europeu de Catalunya, PDeCAT (Catalan Democratic European Party) party after an agreement with Junts per Catalunya (Together for Catalonia) reached on Sunday. PDeCAT's vice president and MP in Spain's Congress Míriam Nogueras and MEP Ramon Tremosa will be the number 4 in the Barcelona constituency.