The pressures on Xavier Trias to accept being Junts' candidate for mayor of Barcelona come from all the families of the pro-independence party. The last to join the petition for the former mayor to lead the Junts list in the elections of May 28, 2023 is the party's president, Laura Borràs.
In statements to La 2 and Ràdio 4, Borràs recalled that Trias was "removed from the mayor's office with malicious tricks", he was "a victim of the operation against the independence movement" and "the people want to compensate him". shouts of "mayor, mayor" with which Trias was acclaimed yesterday at the Onze de Setembre demonstration.
“It's not that I like him as a mayoral candidate, it's that I like him as mayor. People recognize him as mayor, people remember his management as mayor. Barcelona needs a change and the only option for it to happen is JxCat", said Borràs.
The pro-independence leader has charged against the role that Esquerra Republicana plays in the Barcelona City Council and has accused the party led by Ernest Maragall of being the "crutch" of the government chaired by Mayor Ada Colau
