The president of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, has tested positive for covid and has canceled part of his agenda for the Diada del Onze de Setembre, but he will attend the demonstration called by the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) in Barcelona with a mask and trying to maintain a certain safety distance.
The republican leader took an antigen test yesterday in which he tested positive, according to Esquerra sources, so he will not go to the floral offering to Rafael Casanova, who was councilor in the city of Barcelona during the War of Succession. in 1714- Nor will he go to the party event scheduled for noon in which he was to give a speech.
However, he will attend the demonstration "to have more media impact" with a mask and distance, although he will only participate in it for less than an hour.
Unlike 2022, when ERC decided not to attend the organized ANC demonstration because it considered that it went against the Catalan political parties and institutions, on this occasion a delegation from this party will attend, since it considers that this year it will not It is “hostile.” Thus, the president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, will attend the rally because it is focused on “pressure on the Spanish Government” in the face of Sánchez's eventual inauguration. Also attending will be, among others, Junqueras himself with the aforementioned measures, and the deputy general secretary and spokesperson of the party, Marta Vilalta.
